Essays about: "Earnings Inequality"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words Earnings Inequality.

  1. 16. Women in the Workforce: A Decomposition of Female Racial Wage Gaps in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Giles Alvarez; [2013]
    Keywords : Race; women; wages; inequality; labour market; skills.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper analyses how racial wage gaps amongst women in the Brazilian urban labour market have evolved in response to a strong increase in workers’ skills between 2001 and 2011. For this purpose, Melly (2005, 2006) quantile decomposition frameworks will be applied using PNAD data. READ MORE

  3. 17. GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL LABOR MARKET: A CASE STUDY ON BANGLADESHI FEMALE IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Shafiqul Islam; [2012]
    Keywords : Gender Inequality; Labor Market; Globalization; Feminization of Employment; Neoliberal Economy; United Kingdom; Bangladesh; Migration; Bangladeshi Female Immigrant; Sex Segregation of Labor; Patriarchy; Masculinity; Public and Private Sphere.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to explore and understand gender inequality that exists in the global labour market in general and for the Bangladeshi female immigrants in particular. It emphasises feminization of employment in relation to state-market-family relations. READ MORE

  4. 18. Third time's the charm? Analyzing the effects of welfare regimes over inequality in Social-Democratic and informal welfare regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Guadalupe Jimena Castro Lopez; [2011]
    Keywords : inequality; welfare regimes; paradox of redistribution; Mexico; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The effects of welfare regimes over inequality have been studied through several approaches, but perhaps the most notorious contribution in this regard has been Korpi’s “Paradox of Redistribution”, which argues that the most equalizing welfare regimes are the ones that employ earnings-related, as opposed to flat-rate, benefits in their welfare institutions. Scandinavian states have employed this strategy with considerable success. READ MORE

  5. 19. Inflation and Taxes - A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of Fiscal Drag in Germany

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Johannes Bonekamp; [2011]
    Keywords : Fiscal Drag; General Equilibrium; Income Distribution; Inflation; Taxation;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses fiscal drag and its implications on efficiency, welfare, inequality and tax revenue in Germany. For this analysis, I construct a dynamic general equilibrium model and calibrate it to resemble central features of the German economy and tax code. I find that steady state output after three years of 1. READ MORE