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Author:   R. Freeman
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Volume:   Vol 134
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780333773550

ISBN 10:   0333773551
Pages:   281
Publication Date:   05 June 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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PART I: INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS AND ADVANCED COUNTRIES Wages Around the World: Pay Across Occupations and Countries; R.B.Freeman & R.H.Oostendorp Australian Responses to Increases in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: Comparisons with the UK, NZ and USA; R.G.Gregory Wage Indexation and the Evolution of Returns to Education in Italy. 1979-1992; M.Manacorda PART II: LESS ADVANCED COUNTRIES Markets, Human Capital, and Inequality: Evidence from Rural China; D.Benjamin, L.Brandt, P.Glewwe & G.Li Inequality in Latin America During the 1990s; M.Székely & M.Hilgert Inequality and Mortality During Russia's Economic Transition; E.Brainerd The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica; F.El-Hamidi & K.Terrell PART III: UNDERSTANDING MICRO-BEHAVIOUR AND THE BROAD ECONOMY OF INEQUALITY The Economics of Reciprocity: Evidence and Theory; A.Falk & U.Fischbacher Globalization and Redistribution: Feasible Egalitarianism in a Competitive World; S.Bowles Distributed Information and the Role of the State in the Economy; K.J.Arrow

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RICHARD B. FREEMAN is Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Faculty Co-Chair of the Harvard University Trade Union Programme. He is also Director of the Labour Studies Programme at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Co-Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.

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