Income inequality around the world [electronic resource] / edited by Lorenzo Cappellari, Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos.

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Series: Research in labor economics ; v. 44.Publication details: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2016.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 237 p.) : illISBN:

9781785609435 (electronic bk.)

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HC79.I5 I53 2016

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A comparison of major world inequality data sets: LIS, OECD, EU-SILC, WDI AND EHII / James Galbraith, Jaehee Choi, Beatrice Halbach, Aleksandra Malinowska, Wenjie Zhang -- Decomposing changes in male wage distribution in Brazil / Yang Wang, Nora Lustig, Otavio Bartalotti -- Changes in welfare with a heterogeneous workforce: the case of Peru / Marcos Robles, Adrian Robles -- Why is income inequality so high in Spain? / Carlos Gradin -- The effects of the minimum wage on earnings inequality: evidence from China / Carl Lin, Myeong-Su Yun -- Trading places: a decade of earnings mobility in Chile and Nicaragua / Rafael Novella, Laura Ripani, Agustina Suaya, Luis Tejerina, Claudia Vazquez.

Summary: Research in Labor Economics 44 takes another in-depth and focussed look at Inequality. This time however it is tied in with well-being of the workforce. Research in Labor Economics volume 44 contains new and innovative research on the causes and consequences of inequality and well-being of the work force.

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Research in Labor Economics 44 takes another in-depth and focussed look at Inequality. This time however it is tied in with well-being of the workforce. Research in Labor Economics volume 44 contains new and innovative research on the causes and consequences of inequality and well-being of the work force.