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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cappellari, Lorenzo.

Polachek, S. W.

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos.

Series:

Research in labor economics ; v. 44.

Research in labor economics, 0147-9121 ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald, 2016.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781785609435

1785609432

OCLC:

958651091