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Cross-national Differences in the Rise in Earnings Inequality--Market and Institutional Factors

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  • Mary Joyce

  • Peter Gottschalk

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This paper uses data from the Luxembourg Income Study to explore the role of differences in supply shifts in explaining cross-national differences in the rise in earnings inequality. Changes in returns to age and education are estimated for eight countries using a common specification of earnings functions across years and countries. It is found that the small overall increase in earnings inequality in many countries reflects large but offsetting changes in returns to skill and changes in inequality within age education cells. Furthermore, these differences in returns to skill can largely be explained by differences in supply shifts.

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  • Mary Joyce & Peter Gottschalk, 1997. "Cross-national Differences in the Rise in Earnings Inequality--Market and Institutional Factors," LIS Working papers 160, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    • Handle: RePEc:lis:liswps:160
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    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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