Labor Economics

  1. Income Inequality
    1. Measuring Income Inequality
      1. Lorenz Curve
        1. Construction and Interpretation
          1. Relationship to Distribution
          2. Gini Coefficient
            1. Calculation and Meaning
              1. Properties and Limitations
              2. Percentile Ratios
                1. 90-10 Ratio
                  1. 50-10 Ratio
                    1. Top Income Shares
                    2. Other Inequality Measures
                      1. Theil Index
                        1. Atkinson Index
                      2. Sources of Wage Inequality
                        1. Human Capital Factors
                          1. Education and Skills
                            1. Experience and Training
                            2. Skill-Biased Technological Change
                              1. Impact on Wage Structure
                                1. Complementarity with Skills
                                2. Globalization and Trade
                                  1. Effects on Labor Demand
                                    1. Offshoring and Outsourcing
                                    2. Institutional Changes
                                      1. Decline of Unions
                                        1. Minimum Wage Policies
                                          1. Deregulation
                                        2. Intergenerational Mobility
                                          1. Measurement of Mobility
                                            1. Correlation Coefficients
                                              1. Transition Matrices
                                              2. Determinants of Mobility
                                                1. Education Systems
                                                  1. Family Background
                                                    1. Social Capital

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