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标题：Risk-adjusted measures of wage inequality and safety nets
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作者：Paul Makdissi ; Quentin Wodon
期刊名称：Economics Bulletin
电子版ISSN：1545-2921
出版年度：2003
卷号：9
出版社：Economics Bulletin
摘要：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.