New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America [PDF]
This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition.
Winder, Natalia +2 more
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Poverty, Policy, and Mental Health Inequities: Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities. [PDF]
Harv Rev PsychiatryHamad R.
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Can Pollution Tax Rebates Protect Low-Income Families? The Effects of Relative Wage Rates [PDF]
Pollution taxes are believed to burden low-income households that spend a greater than average share of income on pollution-intensive goods. Some propose to offset that effect by returning revenue to low-income workers via reduced labor tax.
Don Fullerton, Holly Monti
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Direct and Indirect Costs per Visit for Elderly Patients and Their Caretakers Receiving Complete Dentures in Health Region 9, Thailand. [PDF]
Health Serv InsightsPhimha S +5 more
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The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 1886-2002: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics [PDF]
This paper studies the evolution of income concentration in Japan from 1886 to 2002 by constructing long-run series of top income shares and top wage income shares, using income tax statistics.
Emmanuel Saez, Chiaki Moriguchi
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Changes in nutrition-related health outcomes following a minimum wage increase. [PDF]
SSM Popul HealthCaspi CE +7 more
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Taxes and employment subsidies in optimal redistribution programs [PDF]
This paper explores how to optimally set taxes and transfers when taxation authorities: (1) are uninformed about individuals’ value of time in both market and non-market activities and (2) can observe both market-income and time allocated to market ...
Szalay, Dezsö +2 more
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Association between state minimum wage and firearm suicides in the USA, 2000-2020. [PDF]
Inj PrevMerrill-Francis M +7 more
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The British National Minimum Wage [PDF]
Great Britain has had statutory regulation of minimum pay for much of this century but never previously had a national minimum wage (NMW). This paper outlines the history of minimum wage regulation culminating in 1997 with the establishment of the Low ...
David Metcalf
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Who is exposed and who is harmed? Social disparities in flood exposure and impact in Pernambuco, Brazil. [PDF]
Popul EnvironAlAbbas M +3 more
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