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inequality – BSE Focus https://dev.focus.bse.eu Research insights from the Barcelona School of Economics Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:35:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 https://dev.focus.bse.eu/wp-content/uploads/cropped-bse-focus-site-icon-32x32.png inequality – BSE Focus https://dev.focus.bse.eu 32 32 Malaria’s long-lasting effects on land inequality in Italy https://dev.focus.bse.eu/malaria-effects-land-inequality-italy/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:05:00 +0000 https://focus.barcelonagse.eu/?p=2781 Paolo Buonanno, Elena Esposito and Giorgio Gulino found that malaria affected where people settled and also how and what they farmed.]]> Communication structures and social conflict https://dev.focus.bse.eu/communication-structures-social-conflict/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:20:58 +0000 https://focus.barcelonagse.eu/?p=1526 Jordi Brandts, Leonie Gerhards, and Lydia Mechtenberg conduct an experiment to explore the social dynamics of public policy-making.]]> Globalisation, job security, and wages https://dev.focus.bse.eu/globalisation-job-security-wages/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:05:46 +0000 https://focus.barcelonagse.eu/?p=418 Kerem Cosar, Nezih Guner, and James R. Tybout Trade liberalisations are often accompanied by labour market reforms, making it difficult to isolate their effects. This column discusses the effects of trade liberalisation, globalisation, and labour-market reforms on the Colombian labour market. Reduced trade frictions increased cross-firm wage inequality and shifted the firm-size distribution rightward, with offsetting effects on overall wage inequality. Average income increased, but the gains were concentrated among employees of large, productive firms with access to export markets. Greater trade openness also increased job turnover.]]>