TY - JOUR
T1 - Age, Experience, and Schooling
T2 - Decomposing Earnings Inequality in the United States and Brazil
AU - Lam, David
AU - Levison, Deborah
PY - 1992/4
Y1 - 1992/4
N2 - This article analyzes age and experience profiles of earnings inequality for U.S. and Brazilian males. Decomposition of the inequality profiles using a standard human capital earnings equation clarifies the determinants of cross‐sectional inequality profiles and demonstrates a number of important differences in the shape of the two countries' profiles and in their underlying components. Most dramatic are Brazil's higher returns to schooling and higher variance in years of schooling, both factors contributing to the significantly higher level of income inequality in Brazil. Changes in the distribution of schooling across cohorts are shown to play a central role in explaining cross‐sectional inequality profiles within each country and differences in earnings inequality in the United States and Brazil.
AB - This article analyzes age and experience profiles of earnings inequality for U.S. and Brazilian males. Decomposition of the inequality profiles using a standard human capital earnings equation clarifies the determinants of cross‐sectional inequality profiles and demonstrates a number of important differences in the shape of the two countries' profiles and in their underlying components. Most dramatic are Brazil's higher returns to schooling and higher variance in years of schooling, both factors contributing to the significantly higher level of income inequality in Brazil. Changes in the distribution of schooling across cohorts are shown to play a central role in explaining cross‐sectional inequality profiles within each country and differences in earnings inequality in the United States and Brazil.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1992.tb00195.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1992.tb00195.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984054639
SN - 0038-0245
VL - 62
SP - 220
EP - 245
JO - Sociological Inquiry
JF - Sociological Inquiry
IS - 2
ER -