OECD 국가의 임금소득불균등 증가에 대하여: 기술, 무역 그리고 금융화의 효과를 중심으로

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This paper analyzes the role of structural factors such as globalization, informati- zation and financialization in explaining the movement of earnings inequality in OECD countries over 1995~2005. The empirical analysis yields three main results. First, a majority of OECD countries experienced increase in earnings equality when we measure the inequality using the ratios such as (90th/10th) ratio, (90th/50th) ratio and (50th/10th) ratio. Earnings inequality since 1995 has occurred in the top half of the earnings distribution. Second, the estimation results show that globalization and informatization have a significant impact on the evolution of earnings inequality as proposed by previous studies. We find also the pivot role of financialization or the share holder value orientation in explaining cross-country differences and trends in earnings inequality. Third, the causes of earning inequality are different depending on percentiles.

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