wage inequality
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What education and minimum wages can – and can’t – do about wage inequality
In Brazil, education raised productivity and reduced informality, while minimum wage increases compressed inequality but risked lowering formal employment for low-skilled workers.
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Understanding Brazil’s falling income inequality
Since 1990, the gap between the richest and poorest has been narrowing in Brazil. Which policies have contributed to this meaningful decline?
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Trade and inequality: From theory to estimation
Starting from a closed economy, trade liberalisation increases wage inequality; as costs fall further, wage inequality peaks and also starts to fall