Essays about: "wage inequality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the words wage inequality.

  1. 1. How union members’ position in the wage distribution affects income inequality in Germany : An empirical analysis of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Philipp Schönfeld; [2023]
    Keywords : Income inequality; Unions; Redistributive Preferences; Power Resource Theory; GSOEP;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the effect of union members’ position in the wage distribution on income inequality in Germany between 1998 and 2019. Specifically, data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are analyzed on two levels. READ MORE

  3. 2. University tuition fees’ effect on future outcomes : A study on the correlation between higher education costs and income distribution

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

    Author : Nicol Nowicka; [2023]
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    Abstract : This paper focuses on studying whether a tuition fee for obtaining higher education affects the wage distribution in the United Kingdom. The hypothesis builds on theoretical framework that the higher cost of obtaining education leads to a higher pay for workers with college diploma, which in turn widens the gap between wages with different schooling levels and increases the inequality in the country. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Cost Of Bias : - A Study About Wage Inequality and Discrimination in the U.S. Labor Market

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Gustav Rosén; [2023]
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    Abstract : Wage inequality and discrimination are two interrelated issues that have significant implications for individuals, organizations and society. Although progress has been made over the past decades to address these issues, they continue to exist in many sectors of the labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Subsidized employment and the symbolic segmentation of internal markets: An interview study with Swedish workers on wage subsidies on navigating dual labor markets.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Alexander Fäldtman; [2023]
    Keywords : wage subsidy; dual labor market; disability; criminal record; interactionism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to complement dual labor market research by qualitatively exploring how labor market segmentations may be understood beyond sociodemographics or inequalities of job quality. By interviewing 12 Swedish workers with wage subsidies I have found that access to high job quality may facilitate trajectories towards primary market sectors, but they are only relevant so far as the workers feel that they deserve access to good jobs. READ MORE

  6. 5. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2023]
    Keywords : wage inequality; education expansion; Colombia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE