Using microdata for 22 countries over the 1985–94 period, we find that more compressed
male wage structures and lower female net supply are both associated with a lower gender …

This paper reviews European policy toward occupational segregation and the gender
earnings gap in the light of some basic stylized facts. Using three sources of comparable …

JNTEREST IN THE distribution of earnings and the distribution of household income was
largely a parochial backwater of economic research in the United States until the early …

This paper studies the considerably higher level of wage inequality in the United States than
in nine other OECD countries. We find that the greater overall US wage dispersion primarily …

The prevalence of shirking within a large Italian bank appears to be characterized by
significant regional differentials. In particular, absenteeism and misconduct episodes are …

We evaluate the allocation of risk between firms and their workers using matched employer-
employee panel data. Unlike previous contributions, this paper focuses on idiosyncratic …

The distribution of pay differs significantly across countries and over time among advanced
industrial societies. In this paper, institutional and political determinants of pay inequality are …

Using microdata to analyse the gender pay gap in ten industrialized nations, we focus on the
role of wage structure-the prices of labour market skills-in influencing the gender gap. We …

A centralised and egalitarian school system reduces the cost of education for poor families,
and so it should reduce income inequality and make intergenerational mobility easier. In this …

America Unequal demonstrates how powerful economic forces have diminished the
prospects of millions of Americans and why" a rising tide no longer lifts all boats." Changes …