Essays about: "microdata"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the word microdata.

  1. 11. Ungrouping Income Distributions - The Italian Doxa Survey of 1948

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Matteo Santi; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Data Ungrouping; Quantitative Economic History; ; Inequality; Poverty;

    Abstract : This paper investigates alternative statistical approaches to ungroup data in tabular form. After a theoretical discussion on the interpolation problem and on the features of ungrouping techniques, a non-parametric version of the algorithm of Shorrocks and Wan is introduced. READ MORE

  3. 12. Poverty reduction and agricultural change in Peru: the role of trade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raisa Maria Rubio Cordova; [2020]
    Keywords : poverty; trade; Peru; trade liberalisation; informality.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last decades Peru, one of the top performing countries in Latin America, experienced a dramatic reduction in poverty. The set of structural reforms implemented by Peru during the mid-90s included trade liberalisation which implied a drastic reduction of tariffs on highly protected sectors, and particularly, in agriculture where most poor Peruvians work, and Free Trade Agreements. READ MORE

  4. 13. Childhood economic shocks and adult wage effects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Böhlin; [2020]
    Keywords : Early childhood shocks; wage effects; Labor economics; Health Economics; Fixed effects estimation; IPUMS USA; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Early childhood shocks and the long-run implications of them have been of great research and policy interest. Even though a large body of literature has analyzed medical shocks and a variety of outcomes, research on how economic shocks affects the individuals later life economy has been limited. READ MORE

  5. 14. The gender wage gap in Italy : Study on the changes in the wage gap during the period of financial crisis

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Boguslawa Aleksandra Stec; Raneem Jisri; [2020]
    Keywords : gender wage gap; financial crisis; pay gap; Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition; Italy;

    Abstract : Everywhere around the world, whether in developing or developed countries, women earn less than men. This phenomenon is in no way new and it has been investigated for many years. Still, in today’s modern society, the wage gap does not appear to be closing. READ MORE

  6. 15. Does immigration affect native's labor market outcomes in Germany?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Merima Kastrat; Dilan Tas; [2019]
    Keywords : Immigration; Germany; natives; labor market; wages; employment; skills; region; migration; substitutes; complements; education; demand; supply;

    Abstract : Germany is one of the several countries in Europe that have opened its borders to immigrants for many years. The admission of immigrants into Germany has contributed to the country being the second largest immigration destination in the world, and this has resulted in both negative and positive outcomes for the natives. READ MORE