Income inequality around the world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lorenzo Cappellari, Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798650603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley : , : Emerald, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-78560-943-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Collana: Research in labor economics, , 0147-9121 ; ; v. 44
• Altri autori (Persone): CappellariLorenzo; PolachekS. W; TatsiramosKonstantinos
• Disciplina: 331
• Soggetti: Business & Economics - Economics - General; Labour economics; Income distribution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: A comparison of major world inequality data sets: LIS, OECD, EU-SILC, WDI AND EHII / James Galbraith, Jaehee Choi, Beatrice Halbach, Aleksandra Malinowska, Wenjie Zhang -- Decomposing changes in male wage distribution in Brazil / Yang Wang, Nora Lustig, Otavio Bartalotti -- Changes in welfare with a heterogeneous workforce: the case of Peru / Marcos Robles, Adrian Robles -- Why is income inequality so high in Spain? / Carlos Gradin -- The effects of the minimum wage on earnings inequality: evidence from China / Carl Lin, Myeong-Su Yun -- Trading places: a decade of earnings mobility in Chile and Nicaragua / Rafael Novella, Laura Ripani, Agustina Suaya, Luis Tejerina, Claudia Vazquez.
• Sommario/riassunto: Research in Labor Economics 44 takes another in-depth and focussed look at Inequality. This time however it is tied in with well-being of the workforce. Research in Labor Economics volume 44 contains new and innovative research on the causes and consequences of inequality and well-being of the work force.