Browsing UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Wage inequality"
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Essays on international trade and intergenerational human capital transmission
(2010-05)First chapter aims to quantify the role of trade in capital goods in cross country income differences. I construct a multi-country general equilibrium model of trade along the line of Eaton and Kortum (2002) and Alvarez and ... -
From growth-based to people-centered : how Chinese leaders have modified their governing strategies to sustain legitimacy in the reform era
(2013-12)This dissertation analyzes changes in the ruling strategies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the context of economic reforms, beginning in 1978. By employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, this dissertation ... -
Occupational structure and growing wage inequality in the U.S., 1983 - 2002
(2006-08)Since the 1980's, wage inequality in the U.S. has been dramatically increasing. I investigate the impact of occupational structure, measured at the three-digit level, on this trend of growing wage inequality. The investigation ...