Cross-national differences in the rise in earnings inequality: Market and institutional factors

被引：37

作者：

Gottschalk, P ^{[1
]}

Joyce, M

机构：

[1] Boston Coll, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 USA

[2] US Bur Labor Stat, Washington, DC 20212 USA

来源：

REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | 1998年 / 80卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1162/003465398557672

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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.

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