THE DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR INCOME

Isabell Koske, Jean-Marc Fournier and Isabelle Wanner

Chapter 3 in Income Inequality in OECD Countries:What are the Drivers and Policy Options?, 2014, pp 43-84 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included: Introduction and Main Findings Main Findings Cross-country Patterns and Recent Trends in Labor Income Inequality in OECD Countries The Role of Non-policy Factors in Shaping Labor Income InequalitySkill-biased Technological ChangeGlobalization The Role of Structural Policies in Shaping Labor Income InequalityEducation PolicyLabor Market InstitutionsMinimum wagesWage bargainingEPL: overall stringency and gap between regular and temporarycontractsUnemployment and social assistance benefitsActive labor market policiesInteractions between labor market policies and globalizationProduct Market RegulationTax PolicyOther Policy IssuesGender inequalityMigrationIdentifying Reform Options to Reduce Labor Income InequalityReferences ANNEXES Annex 3.1: Bayesian model averaging analysis: additional estimation resultsand details on the dataset used. Annex 3.2: Assessing the determinants of labor earnings inequality basedon quantile regressions. Annex 3.3: Explaining cross-country differences in labor earnings inequality- a decomposition based on unconditional quantile regressions.

Keywords: Labour Income Inequality; Disposable Income Inequality; Poverty; Top Incomes; Wealth Distribution; Education; Labour Market Institutions; Product Market Regulation; Globalization; Technological Change; Redistribution Through Taxes and Transfers; Quantile Regressions; Cluster Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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