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Wage inequality in post-apartheid South AfricaMuch work has been done on inequality in South Africa, but to date the literature that assesses the dynamic response of income or wealth distribution to economic policy actions is almost non-existent...
Income inequality Distributions heterogeneityJournal Article
Top incomes in China: Data collection and the impact on income inequalityPart of Journal Special Issue Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Top incomes Pareto distribution Income inequalityJournal Article
The long-term evolution of national income inequality and rural poverty in ChinaPart of Journal Special Issue Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Income inequality Poverty Gini decompositionJournal Article
Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with IndiaPart of Journal Special Issue Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Income inequality Consumption Consumption expenditureJournal Article
Wage growth and inquality in urban China: 1988-2013Part of Journal Special Issue Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Wages Income inequality Wage growthBlog
Why is inequality in South Africa higher than in Germany?: Explaining income distributions with ‘decompositions’
The understanding of inequality requires the analysis of changes in income distributions across countries and over time as well as the identification of its drivers...
Economic inequality Income inequality Methodology (Economics)Working Paper
The developer’s dilemma: A survey of structural transformation and inequality dynamicsThis paper discusses the ‘developer’s dilemma’—a tension emerging from the fact that developing countries are simultaneously seeking structural transformation and broad-based growth to raise incomes of the poor...
Income inequality Structural transformation Economic developmentWorking Paper
Measuring labour earnings inequality in post-apartheid South AfricaThis paper investigates the validity of household survey data published by Statistics South Africa since 1993 and later integrated into the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series (PALMS)...
Income inequality Distributions heterogeneityBlog
How a data revolution in South Africa can help address gender inequalityIn 2016, we joined a project in South Africa working to make tax data available for research purposes...
Administrative data Employment GenderSeminar
Ravi Pendakur on the impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communitiesRavi Pendakur will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 8 November 2019. Abstract - The impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communities In Canada, modern agreements allow Indigenous groups to govern their...
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Rekha Ravindran on the relationship between structural transformation and income inequalityRekha Ravindran will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 28 October. Abstract - The relationship between structural transformation and income inequality in developing economies Though industrialization is postulated as the traditional way out of...
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Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with IndiaWe analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators...
Income inequality Consumption Consumption expenditureJournal Article
Skills, personality traits, and gender wage gaps: Evidence from BangladeshWe use a recent first-hand linked employer–employee survey covering the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender wage gaps by the inclusion of measures of cognitive attainment and personality traits...
Gender gap Income inequality Cognitive abilityResearch Brief
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Inequality: Driving forces and policy solutionsThe many faces of inequality Measuring inequality isn’t as simple as it may seem. We know that since the 1970s global inequality has been falling in relative terms, but absolute inequality has been increasing over the same period...
Global inequality WIID Income inequality