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When the centre cannot holdPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality
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How polarized is the global income distribution?The interest in the level of global inequality has surged in recent years. This paper complements existing estimates of global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution. During 1975...
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An open database on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021)Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations. However...
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The Lifespan Disparity DatasetMonitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations. However...
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Global income polarizationThis paper presents the first global and regional estimates of polarization and bipolarization spanning the period 1960–2020. The study relies on group data to implement a flexible parametric model to obtain the global income distribution and...
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The changing nature of work and inequality in Brazil (2003–19)In this paper we use different sources of data on job task content to investigate the importance of occupations and the intensity of routine tasks embodied in them in explaining changes in employment and earnings in Brazil, in particular their...
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Labour market polarization in South AfricaThere is evidence from developed countries that technical change affects not only the employment intensity of production, but also the occupational composition of employment. The use of artificial intelligence, automation, and robots has changed the...
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Cross-country patterns in structural transformation and inequality in developing countriesPart of Book Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
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Bangladesh: employment and inequality trendsPart of Book Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
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Argentina: employment and inequality trendsPart of Book Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
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The role of skills and tasks in changing employment trends and income inequality in ChileUsing decomposition methods, we analyse the role of the changing nature of work in explaining changes in employment, wage inequality, and job polarization in Chile from 1992 to 2017. Changes in occupational structure confirm a displacement of workers...
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Secession and social polarizationDoes secessionism lead to social polarization? Despite much research on independence movements, their relationship to polarization, a key mechanism theorized as increasing the chances of violent conflict, remains less understood. We argue that...
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Changes in occupations and their task contentThe aim of this paper is to identify the scope and patterns of the structural transformation as evidenced by changes in occupations and their task content, and their impact on employment, earnings and income distribution in Argentina during the new...
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Earnings inequality and the changing nature of workWith structural changes in production coupled with technological progress, there have been shifts in modes of production and patterns of employment, with important consequences on task composition of occupations. This paper has utilized different...
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