Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil /
We document a large decrease in earnings inequality in Brazil between 1996 and 2012. Using administrative linked employer-employee data, we fit high-dimensional worker and firm fixed effects models to understand the sources of this decrease. Firm effects account for 40 percent of the total decrease...
| Main Author: | Alvarez, Jorge |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Benguria, Felipe, Engbom, Niklas, Moser, Christian |
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2017.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2017/278 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
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