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The gender gap, education, and the life cycle profile in the Brazilian formal labour marketWe study the trajectory of the gender gap over time and over the life cycle, using a matched employer-employee data from the formal labour market in Brazil. We document the evolution of participation and earnings for both males and females during the...
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Earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sectorThis paper documents the evolution and the determinants of earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector from 1994 to 2015, using establishment level data. In 2015, schooling explained 33 per cent of overall inequality. Firm-specific effects...
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Returns to education, intergenerational mobility, and inequality trends in BrazilEducation-related changes are often argued as the main reasons for changes in earnings distribution. However, omitted variable and measurement error biases possibly affect econometric estimates of these effects. Brazil experienced a sharp fall of...
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Earnings polarization, ethnicity, and regional perspective in IndonesiaRecently, quantitative methods have been increasingly used in ethnicity research, which traditionally has relied mainly on qualitative methods. However, quantitative studies on ethnicity in Indonesia are scarce, even though the country has more than...
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Why are workers getting a smaller share of the cake in Mexico?As with many other developed and emerging economies, in recent decades Mexico has experienced a long-term decline in the labour income share. In other...
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Explaining cross-state earnings inequality differentials in IndiaDespite the relevance of geographical disparities in India, earnings inequality occurs mostly within states, but with a broad range of variability in its levels. We investigate the sources of such variability using RIF decompositions of the...
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Inequality by population groups and income sourcesI discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I estimate a matrix with rows and columns which indicate different population groups and income sources respectively, with each...
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Inequality and the changing nature of work in PeruThis paper identifies the socioeconomic drivers of earnings inequality in Peru in the period 2004–18. Using the ENAHO household surveys and data on routine task content of occupations, we apply inequality decomposition methods to the real earnings...
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Scrutinizing the sticky floor/glass ceiling phenomena in the informal labour market in CameroonCameroon’s informal labour market largely harbours female workers, engaged mainly in low-productivity and low-paying jobs. We investigate the sticky floor and glass ceiling phenomena in the informal labour market as a whole and across its segments...
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Top earners and earnings inequality during the COVID-19 pandemicThis paper aims to assess the extent to which top earners in Ecuador were affected by the COVID-19 crisis compared to other segments of the population. Our analysis uses administrative data for individuals affiliated to social security between...
Book Chapter
Introduction: the changing nature of work and inequalityPart of Book Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
Book Chapter
Cross-country patterns in structural transformation and inequality in developing countriesPart of Book Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
Book Chapter
Indonesia: employment and inequality trendsPart of Book Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
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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. We find that non-routine cognitive and interpersonal tasks have increased, while routine cognitive tasks...
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