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The changing nature of work and earnings inequality in ChinaThis paper examines the evolution of China’s industrial and occupational structure in the last two decades and its impact on wage inequality...
Occupations Wage inequality EducationWorking Paper
Inequality and structural transformation in the changing nature of work: The case of IndonesiaThis paper analyses the labour market dynamics in Indonesia from 2001 to 2015 and explores the role of the changing nature of occupational employment in explaining the rising earnings inequality during the same period...
Labour market dynamics Inequality OccupationsWorking Paper
Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices: Are there gender differences in Ghana?Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject of considerable research in the analysis of inequality...
Intergenerational Mobility socioeconomic status Occupational choiceWorking Paper
Informality, labour transitions, and the livelihoods of workers in Latin AmericaThis paper studies the incidence and heterogeneity of labour informality in six Latin American countries—Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru...
Informality Occupational turnover EducationWorking Paper
Implications of the changing nature of work for employment and inequality in GhanaIn this paper, we analyse the role of the changing nature of occupational employment and wages in explaining the trend in earnings inequality in Ghana between 2006 and 2017, a period in which there was a substantial transformation of the economy, wit...
Skills Tasks OccupationsWorking Paper
Labour market polarization in South Africa: A decomposition analysisThere is evidence from developed countries that technical change affects not only the employment intensity of production, but also the occupational composition of employment...
Decomposition Labour market Polarization