Wage inequality in the U.S. grew rapidly from the early 1980s, and information and communication technology (ICT) has been blamed for this social problem. Although information technology (IT) and communication technology (CT) have different effects, few empirical studies consider their distinct impacts on the dynamics of inequality. We examine the distinct impacts of IT and CT on inequality fro...

This paper investigates possible spillover effects of the UK minimum wage. The halt in the growth in inequality in the lower half of the wage distribution (as measured by the 50:10 percentile ratio) since the mid 1990s, in contrast to the continued inequality growth in the upper half of the distribution, suggests the possibility of a minimum wage effect and spillover effects on wages above the ...

Unemployment Insurance, Wage Dynamics and Inequality over the Life Cycle We investigate the relationship between life cycle wages and individual membership of unemployment insurance schemes in Denmark. We separate permanent from transitory wages and characterise them using membership of unemployment insurance funds. We find that unemployment insurance is associated with lower wage growth hetero...

Educational Qualifications and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Europe This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries. We exploit the quantile regression technique to calculate returns to lower secondary, upper secondary and tertiary education at different points of the wage distribution. We find that returns to tertiary education are highly inc...

BACKGROUND In Australia a persistent and sizable gender wage gap exists. In recent years this gap has been steadily widening. The negative impact of gender wage differentials is the disincentive to work more hours. This implies a substantial cost on the Australian health sector. This study aimed to identify the magnitude of gender wage differentials within the health sector. The investigation a...

Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analysing the difference...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: F43 J31 O31 O33 Keywords: Technological knowledge International trade Human capital Wage inequality By connecting the North–South diffusion and the bias of non-scale technological knowledge and by considering endogenous human capital, we relate the technological-knowledge diffusion with levels, inter-country gaps, growth rates, wage-inequality paths and...

This paper examines whether modern management, characterized by performance and target based practices, explains the recent rise in wage inequality. I hypothesize that modern management’s shift to performance pay, management-skill complementarity, and managementtechnology complementarity contribute to the increase in wage inequality within establishments. The period after the Asian Financial Cr...

Despite considerable gender convergence over time, substantial gender inequality persists in all countries. Using Danish administrative data from 1980-2011, we show that most of the remaining gender gap can be attributed to the dynamic effects of having children. The arrival of children leads to a long-run penalty in female earnings of 21% driven in roughly equal proportions by labor force part...