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PART I: INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS AND ADVANCED COUNTRIES Wages Around the World: Pay Across Occupations and Countries R.B.Freeman & R.H.Oostendorp Australian Responses to Increases in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: Comparisons with the UK, NZ and USA R.G.Gregory Wage Indexation and the Evolution of Returns to Education in Italy. 1979-1992 M.Manacorda PART II: LESS ADVANCED COUNTRIES Markets, Human Capital, and Inequality: Evidence from Rural China D.Benjamin, L.Brandt, P.Glewwe & G.Li Inequality in Latin America During the 1990s M.Szekely & M.Hilgert Inequality and Mortality During Russia's Economic Transition E.Brainerd The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica F.El-Hamidi & K.Terrell PART III: UNDERSTANDING MICRO-BEHAVIOUR AND THE BROAD ECONOMY OF INEQUALITY The Economics of Reciprocity: Evidence and Theory A.Falk & U.Fischbacher Globalization and Redistribution: Feasible Egalitarianism in a Competitive World S.Bowles Distributed Information and the Role of the State in the Economy K.J.Arrow

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