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

Peter Gottschalk and Mary Joyce
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Mary Joyce: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

No 366, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: 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. We find 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.

Keywords: earnings; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 1997-05-01
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Journal Article: Cross-National Differences In The Rise In Earnings Inequality: Market And Institutional Factors (1998)
Working Paper: Cross-national Differences in the Rise in Earnings Inequality--Market and Institutional Factors (1997)
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