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How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015.
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Abstract
- This paper attempts to determine the extent to which inequality in wage earnings in the Russian Federation is unfair. Unlike other similar attempts that can, at best, produce a lower bound on the estimate of the share of inequality that is unfair, this paper exploits the longitudinal nature of the data to come up with a lower bound as well as an upper bound. The upper bound is further refined to take into account the indirect effect of circumstances at birth (gender, parental wealth, etc.) on effort. Results show that the upper bound on the inequality of opportunity may be three to four times the measured lower bound and significantly higher for females than males in the sample. Finally, comparison with the United States and Germany show that although total inequality is lower in Russia, the share of unfair inequality is distinctly larger. The markedly large explanatory role of extraneous factors, such as gender and parental characteristics, in wage inequality calls for a close examination of governments’ efforts to address inequities in the labor market.
- Subjects :
- DECREASING RATE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
CHILDREN
ECONOMIC GROWTH
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
PRODUCT
GDP
PROPERTIES
WHO
JOB INSECURITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
CHILD
HIGH INEQUALITY
ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY
AGGREGATE GROWTH
WAGE INEQUALITY
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
RESIDENCE
WDR
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
POSITIVE IMPACT
REAL WAGE
INCOME
WILL
OUTCOMES
RISING INEQUALITY
PRODUCTIVITY
LONGITUDINAL DATA
DATA SET
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
WOMEN
FINANCIAL CRISIS
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
POSITIVE EFFECT
INEQUALITY INDEX
FEMALE
OVERALL INEQUALITY
POOR GROWTH
DATA SETS
INEQUALITIES
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
IMPACT OF INEQUALITY
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
TOTAL INEQUALITY
DATA QUALITY
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
INTERVENTIONS
INEQUALITY IN HEALTH
NEGATIVE IMPACT
TRAINING
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
MEASURING INEQUALITY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOMES
PUBLIC POLICY
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
HEALTH INEQUALITY
POLICY RESEARCH
REAL WAGES
WAGES
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
BENEFITS
LABOR MARKET
DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES
EMPIRICAL WORK
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
FEMALE WORKERS
INCOME GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
LABOR FORCE
LOW INCOME
MEAN INCOME
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
COMPENSATION
DISCRIMINATION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
CHILD MORTALITY
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
EARNINGS INEQUALITY
ADVERSE IMPACT
GENDER
ITS
INEQUALITY
EQUALITY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
SURVEYS
FEMALES
ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......2456..3ba7cdf4f333c500d938a1004eeb86c9