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Human Capital and Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1988-98 : Quantile Regression Evidence

The authors undertake an empirical examination of rates of return to human capital for men in Brazil, through the period of macroeconomic stabilization and trade liberalization, using data from the 1988, 1992, and 1998 Brazilian household surveys (...

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Main Authors: Arabsheibani, G. Reza, Galrão Carneiro, Francisco, Henley, Andrew
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RATES OF RETURN
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
WAGE LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
RETURNS TO SCHOOLING COMPOSITION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
EARNINGS
EARNINGS EQUATIONS
EARNINGS GROWTH
ECONOMIC RENTS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
FORMAL EDUCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
ILLITERACY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
LEARNING
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERATURE
PAPERS
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTIVITY
SCHOOLING
SCREENING
SHOW HOW
WAGES
WORKERS
inequality
quintile regression
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2693914/human-capital-earnings-inequality-brazil-1988-98-quantile-regression-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18039

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2693914/human-capital-earnings-inequality-brazil-1988-98-quantile-regression-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18039

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