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Income Distribution, Inequality and Unemployment

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  • Uwe Wagschal

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This study deals with unemployment and employment and its relations with income distribution and related subjects. Massive changes in earnings inequality and income distribution in the OECD during the 80s and 90s, as well as huge variations in the development of unemployment and employment figures are discussed. The authors objective is to address, Are there any systematic relations between income inequality and labor market indicators and, moreover, which common factors caused these changes? Which political climate and institutions are favorable to such a change?

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  • Uwe Wagschal, 1997. "Income Distribution, Inequality and Unemployment," LIS Working papers 152, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    1. David Jesuit & Douglas Roscoe & Vincent Mahler, 1997. "Exploring the Impact of Trade and Investment on Income Inequality: A Cross-National Sectoral Analysis of the Developed Market Economy Countries," LIS Working papers 159, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    2. Alari Paulus, 2004. "Income Inequality and its Decomposition: the Case of Estonia," University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, in: Modelling the Economies of the Baltic Sea Region, volume 17, chapter 7, pages 206-235, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia).

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