Search for dissertations about: "Earnings inequality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words Earnings inequality.

  2. 1. Empirical Essays on Earnings Inequality

    Author : Magnus Gustavsson; Per-Anders Edin; Stephen P. Jenkins; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Earnings inequality; Human capital; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I decomposes the cross-sectional variance of male annual earnings in Sweden between 1960 and 1990 into permanent and transitory components and compares the results to the U.S. evidence. READ MORE

  4. 2. Explaining Earnings and Income Inequality in Chile

    Author : Alexis Palma; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Income Inequality; Inequality Decomposition; Chile; Labor Market; Informal Sector; Bootstrap; Quintile Regressions;

    Abstract : The focal point of all papers in this thesis is income inequality in Chile. In some of them household income is analyzed, in others monthly earnings or the wage rate are used. In the first and fourth paper a long-run analysis is done, while in the second and third I concentrate my attention only on the 1990s. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Mystery of Inequality : Essays on Culture, Development, and Distributions

    Author : Olle Hammar; Daniel Waldenström; Niklas Bengtsson; Ingvild Almås; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inequality; Culture; Development; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I (with Daniel Waldenström): We estimate trends in global earnings dispersion across occupational groups by constructing a new database that covers 68 developed and developing countries between 1970 and 2018. Our main finding is that global earnings inequality has fallen, primarily during the 2000s and 2010s, when the global Gini coefficient dropped by 15 points and the earnings share of the world’s poorest half doubled. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on earnings formation, labor market dynamics, and taxation

    Author : Johan Holmberg; Thomas Aronsson; Gauthier Lanot; Johan Lundberg; Mette Ejrnæs; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Earnings dynamics; inequality; unemployment; social insurance; economic crises; taxation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Chapter [I] analyses the dynamic properties of life-cycle earnings of men and women in Sweden by fitting a model to the covariance structure of earnings. We find that the financial crisis of 2008 did not have any major impact on the variability of earnings and that the upward trend in permanent earnings inequality observed in Sweden during the 1990s does not continue in the 2000s. READ MORE

  7. 5. Two Essays on Income Inequality in Chile

    Author : Alexis Palma; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chile; inequality;

    Abstract : This first paper summarizes the explanations given to the level and change of income and earnings inequality in Chile in the last decades. Education has been found to be a key factor behind earnings inequality in Chile, explaining 9-40%, depending on the survey, definition of income, year, method, and sample used. READ MORE