Income Inequality and Job Polarization: A PVAR approach
(2017) NEKN01 20172Department of Economics
- Abstract
- In the study of the income inequality vis-a-vis job polarization two hypothesis, somewhat complementary and somewhat contending, have been emerged in the literature as possible causal pathways for the increasing income inequality trends seen across countries: (1) Skill-biased technical change and (2) Routine biased technical change. However, empirical panel studies that critically evaluate these paradigms appear to be few and far between. In light of this, this thesis aims to contribute towards the body of literature on income inequality and job polarization. Using panel data from 12 OECD countries between 1992-2014, this study investigates and contrary to the hypotheses, finds no direct the inter-temporal relationship between income... (More)
- In the study of the income inequality vis-a-vis job polarization two hypothesis, somewhat complementary and somewhat contending, have been emerged in the literature as possible causal pathways for the increasing income inequality trends seen across countries: (1) Skill-biased technical change and (2) Routine biased technical change. However, empirical panel studies that critically evaluate these paradigms appear to be few and far between. In light of this, this thesis aims to contribute towards the body of literature on income inequality and job polarization. Using panel data from 12 OECD countries between 1992-2014, this study investigates and contrary to the hypotheses, finds no direct the inter-temporal relationship between income inequality and job polarization. The study does, however, find evidence that labour market institutions can serve to moderate the rate of job polarization. (Less)
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- author
- Thami, Prakriti LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN01 20172
- year
- 2017
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Income inequality, job polarization, PVAR
- language
- English
- id
- 8928113
- date added to LUP
- 2017-11-06 11:05:47
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@misc{8928113, abstract = {{In the study of the income inequality vis-a-vis job polarization two hypothesis, somewhat complementary and somewhat contending, have been emerged in the literature as possible causal pathways for the increasing income inequality trends seen across countries: (1) Skill-biased technical change and (2) Routine biased technical change. However, empirical panel studies that critically evaluate these paradigms appear to be few and far between. In light of this, this thesis aims to contribute towards the body of literature on income inequality and job polarization. Using panel data from 12 OECD countries between 1992-2014, this study investigates and contrary to the hypotheses, finds no direct the inter-temporal relationship between income inequality and job polarization. The study does, however, find evidence that labour market institutions can serve to moderate the rate of job polarization.}}, author = {{Thami, Prakriti}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Income Inequality and Job Polarization: A PVAR approach}}, year = {{2017}}, }