How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data
This paper attempts to determine the extent to which inequality in wage earnings in the Russian Federation is unfair. Unlike other similar attempts that can, at best, produce a lower bound on the estimate of the share of inequality that is unfair,...
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okr-10986-221622021-04-23T14:04:07Z How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data Tiwari, Sailesh Lara Ibarra, Gabriel Narayan, Ambar ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT MEASURE OF INEQUALITY INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ITS INEQUALITY IN HEALTH DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES WAGES WHO AGGREGATE GROWTH EMPIRICAL WORK REAL WAGE INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES FINANCIAL CRISIS LONGITUDINAL DATA INCOME WAGE INEQUALITY DEPENDENT VARIABLE GENDER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION INEQUALITY INDEX MEAN INCOME LABOR FORCE FEMALE WORKERS DISCRIMINATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITIES POLITICAL ECONOMY INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION PROPERTIES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP DISADVANTAGED GROUPS POLICY DISCUSSIONS MIDDLE CLASS REAL WAGES LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL JOB INSECURITY SURVEYS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INEQUALITY MEASURE DECREASING RATE CHILD MORTALITY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ECONOMIC INEQUALITY DATA SETS HEALTH INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE EFFECT HIGH INEQUALITY LOW INCOME PUBLIC POLICY LABOR MARKET EARNINGS INEQUALITY DATA SET GDP INEQUALITY LEVELS CHILDREN ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY FEMALES POSITIVE IMPACT IMPACT OF INEQUALITY TRAINING CHILD NEGATIVE IMPACT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUALITY ADVERSE IMPACT INCOME GROWTH INEQUALITY MEASURES DATA QUALITY SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY POLICY RESEARCH INTERVENTIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME RISING INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY WOMEN PRODUCT POOR GROWTH COMPENSATION OUTCOMES TOTAL INEQUALITY RESIDENCE FEMALE OVERALL INEQUALITY WDR BENEFITS INEQUALITY This paper attempts to determine the extent to which inequality in wage earnings in the Russian Federation is unfair. Unlike other similar attempts that can, at best, produce a lower bound on the estimate of the share of inequality that is unfair, this paper exploits the longitudinal nature of the data to come up with a lower bound as well as an upper bound. The upper bound is further refined to take into account the indirect effect of circumstances at birth (gender, parental wealth, etc.) on effort. Results show that the upper bound on the inequality of opportunity may be three to four times the measured lower bound and significantly higher for females than males in the sample. Finally, comparison with the United States and Germany show that although total inequality is lower in Russia, the share of unfair inequality is distinctly larger. The markedly large explanatory role of extraneous factors, such as gender and parental characteristics, in wage inequality calls for a close examination of governments’ efforts to address inequities in the labor market. 2015-07-14T22:10:40Z 2015-07-14T22:10:40Z 2015-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583161/unfair-inequality-wage-earnings-russia-estimates-panel-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22162 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7291 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation |
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ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT MEASURE OF INEQUALITY INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ITS INEQUALITY IN HEALTH DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES WAGES WHO AGGREGATE GROWTH EMPIRICAL WORK REAL WAGE INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES FINANCIAL CRISIS LONGITUDINAL DATA INCOME WAGE INEQUALITY DEPENDENT VARIABLE GENDER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION INEQUALITY INDEX MEAN INCOME LABOR FORCE FEMALE WORKERS DISCRIMINATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITIES POLITICAL ECONOMY INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION PROPERTIES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP DISADVANTAGED GROUPS POLICY DISCUSSIONS MIDDLE CLASS REAL WAGES LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL JOB INSECURITY SURVEYS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INEQUALITY MEASURE DECREASING RATE CHILD MORTALITY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ECONOMIC INEQUALITY DATA SETS HEALTH INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE EFFECT HIGH INEQUALITY LOW INCOME PUBLIC POLICY LABOR MARKET EARNINGS INEQUALITY DATA SET GDP INEQUALITY LEVELS CHILDREN ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY FEMALES POSITIVE IMPACT IMPACT OF INEQUALITY TRAINING CHILD NEGATIVE IMPACT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUALITY ADVERSE IMPACT INCOME GROWTH INEQUALITY MEASURES DATA QUALITY SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY POLICY RESEARCH INTERVENTIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME RISING INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY WOMEN PRODUCT POOR GROWTH COMPENSATION OUTCOMES TOTAL INEQUALITY RESIDENCE FEMALE OVERALL INEQUALITY WDR BENEFITS INEQUALITY |
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ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT MEASURE OF INEQUALITY INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ITS INEQUALITY IN HEALTH DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES WAGES WHO AGGREGATE GROWTH EMPIRICAL WORK REAL WAGE INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES FINANCIAL CRISIS LONGITUDINAL DATA INCOME WAGE INEQUALITY DEPENDENT VARIABLE GENDER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION INEQUALITY INDEX MEAN INCOME LABOR FORCE FEMALE WORKERS DISCRIMINATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITIES POLITICAL ECONOMY INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION PROPERTIES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP DISADVANTAGED GROUPS POLICY DISCUSSIONS MIDDLE CLASS REAL WAGES LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL JOB INSECURITY SURVEYS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INEQUALITY MEASURE DECREASING RATE CHILD MORTALITY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ECONOMIC INEQUALITY DATA SETS HEALTH INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE EFFECT HIGH INEQUALITY LOW INCOME PUBLIC POLICY LABOR MARKET EARNINGS INEQUALITY DATA SET GDP INEQUALITY LEVELS CHILDREN ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY FEMALES POSITIVE IMPACT IMPACT OF INEQUALITY TRAINING CHILD NEGATIVE IMPACT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUALITY ADVERSE IMPACT INCOME GROWTH INEQUALITY MEASURES DATA QUALITY SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY POLICY RESEARCH INTERVENTIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME RISING INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY WOMEN PRODUCT POOR GROWTH COMPENSATION OUTCOMES TOTAL INEQUALITY RESIDENCE FEMALE OVERALL INEQUALITY WDR BENEFITS INEQUALITY Tiwari, Sailesh Lara Ibarra, Gabriel Narayan, Ambar How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data |
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This paper attempts to determine the
extent to which inequality in wage earnings in the Russian
Federation is unfair. Unlike other similar attempts that
can, at best, produce a lower bound on the estimate of the
share of inequality that is unfair, this paper exploits the
longitudinal nature of the data to come up with a lower
bound as well as an upper bound. The upper bound is further
refined to take into account the indirect effect of
circumstances at birth (gender, parental wealth, etc.) on
effort. Results show that the upper bound on the inequality
of opportunity may be three to four times the measured lower
bound and significantly higher for females than males in the
sample. Finally, comparison with the United States and
Germany show that although total inequality is lower in
Russia, the share of unfair inequality is distinctly larger.
The markedly large explanatory role of extraneous factors,
such as gender and parental characteristics, in wage
inequality calls for a close examination of governments’
efforts to address inequities in the labor market. |
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Tiwari, Sailesh Lara Ibarra, Gabriel Narayan, Ambar |
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Tiwari, Sailesh Lara Ibarra, Gabriel Narayan, Ambar |
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Tiwari, Sailesh |
| title |
How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data |
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How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data |
| title_full |
How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data |
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How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data |
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How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? : Estimates from Panel Data |
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how unfair is the inequality of wage earnings in russia? : estimates from panel data |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24583161/unfair-inequality-wage-earnings-russia-estimates-panel-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22162 |
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