Risk-adjusted measures of wage inequality and safety nets

Paul Makdissi () and Quentin Wodon

Economics Bulletin, 2003, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Income variablity is likely to increase wage inequality if poorer households are more vulnerable to shocks. Using a simple method to estimate risk-adjusted measures of wage inequality and data from Mexico, this note shows that safety nets could offset a good part of the impact of risk aversion on wage inequality.

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Date: 2003-04-17
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