Income inequality around the world
Title:
Income inequality around the world
ISBN:
9781785609435
Publication Information New:
Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2016.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 237 p.) : ill.
Series:
Research in labor economics, v. 44
Research in labor economics ; v. 44.
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.
Abstract:
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.
Language:
English