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Cross-country inequality trends
- Economic Journal
, 2003
"... I review the two most popular explanations for the differential trends in wage inequality in US/ UK and Europe: that relative supply of skills increased faster in Europe, and that European labour market institutions prevented inequality from increasing. Although these explanations go some way toward ..."
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towards accounting for the differential cross-country inequality trends, it also appears that relative demand for skills increased differentially across countries. I develop a simple theory where labour market institutions creating wage compression in Europe also encourage more investment in technologies
Working Paper Series CROSS COUNTRY INEQUALITY TRENDS
, 2002
"... The economics profession has made considerable progress in understanding the increase in wage inequahty in the U.S. and the UK over the past several decades, but currently lacks a consensus on why inequahty did not increase, or increased much less, in (continental) Europe over the same time period. ..."
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for the differential cross-country inequality trends, but do not provide an entirely satisfactory explanation. In addition, it appears that relative demand for skills increased differentially across countries. Motivated by this reasoning, I develop a simple theory where labor market institutions creat-ing wage
Cross-Country Patterns of Change
"... The U.S. economy underwent pronounced shifts in key aspects of its relative wage structure in recent decades and sharp increases in overall wage inequality during the 1980s. Education differentials fell sharply in the 1970s but then rose even more sharply in the 1980s. Experience ..."
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The U.S. economy underwent pronounced shifts in key aspects of its relative wage structure in recent decades and sharp increases in overall wage inequality during the 1980s. Education differentials fell sharply in the 1970s but then rose even more sharply in the 1980s. Experience
Taxation of Human Capital and Cross-country Trends in Wage Inequality *
"... Abstract Since the 1970's, wage inequality has been consistently higher in the U.S. and the U.K. than in most continental European countries (CEU). Furthermore, this "inequality gap" has further widened during this period as the U.S. and the U.K. have experienced large increases in w ..."
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in wage inequality, whereas CEU countries have seen only modest changes. This paper studies the role of labor income tax policies in explaining these different trends. We begin by documenting two new empirical facts that link these inequality trends to tax policies. First, we show that countries with a
Trends in US Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists
, 2007
"... A large literature documents a substantial rise in U.S. wage inequality and educational wage differentials during the 1980s and early 1990s and concludes that these wage structure changes can be accounted for by shifts in the supply of and demand for skills reinforced by the erosion of labor market ..."
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A large literature documents a substantial rise in U.S. wage inequality and educational wage differentials during the 1980s and early 1990s and concludes that these wage structure changes can be accounted for by shifts in the supply of and demand for skills reinforced by the erosion of labor market
Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis*
, 2009
"... ABSTRACT __________________________________________________________________________ Wage inequality has been significantly higher in the United States than in continental European countries (CEU) since the 1970s. Moreover, this inequality gap has further widened during this period as the US has expe ..."
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ABSTRACT __________________________________________________________________________ Wage inequality has been significantly higher in the United States than in continental European countries (CEU) since the 1970s. Moreover, this inequality gap has further widened during this period as the US has
Inequality Patterns in Western-Type Democracies: Cross-Country Differences and Time Changes
, 2007
"... This paper compares levels and trends in income inequality in industrialized nations. In the mid-1990s, the United States had the highest overall level of inequality of any rich OECD nation, while Northern and Central European countries had the lowest levels. Using a variety of national sources, no ..."
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This paper compares levels and trends in income inequality in industrialized nations. In the mid-1990s, the United States had the highest overall level of inequality of any rich OECD nation, while Northern and Central European countries had the lowest levels. Using a variety of national sources
Cross-country Differences in Inequality and Growth Trends: The Role of Human Capital and Labor Market Policies (Extended Abstract)
"... This paper examines the role of policies and institutions in explaining cross-country differences in wage inequality and economic growth observed in the past four decades. For example, from the 1970’s until 1990’s wage inequality has increased substantially in the U.S. and U.K, while it has changed ..."
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This paper examines the role of policies and institutions in explaining cross-country differences in wage inequality and economic growth observed in the past four decades. For example, from the 1970’s until 1990’s wage inequality has increased substantially in the U.S. and U.K, while it has changed
2002) ‘’Globalization and the great U-turn: income inequality trends in 16
- OECD countries’, American Journal of Sociology
"... The debate on the resurgence of income inequality in some advanced industrial societies has often focused on the impact of an increasingly integrated world economy, typified by growing capital mobility, heightened international competition, and an increase in migration. This study represents one of ..."
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outflow, and to a lesser extent by mi-gration. In other words, globalization explains the longitudinal trend of increasing inequality that took place within many industrial coun-tries better than it does cross-sectional inequality differences among countries. The recent resurgence of income inequality
Trends in Global Gender Inequality
"... This study investigates trends in gender inequality throughout the world. Using data encompassing a large majority of the world’s population, we examine trends in re-cent decades for key indicators of gender inequality in education, mortality, political representation and economic activity. We find ..."
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investigates whether, globally, women and men are converging or di-verging with respect to key dimensions of welfare such as educational attainment, economic activity, length of life and representation in national legislatures. Several studies find evidence of cross-country or global convergence – or at least
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