From 1f116dedefd2130e6d315a2a34c2309b4b5a198c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marty Oehme Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:13:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fix(data): Fix wrong data entries, improve wording --- 02-data/processed/prelim/Ahumada2023.yml | 2 +- 02-data/processed/prelim/Alexiou2023.yml | 6 +++--- 02-data/processed/prelim/Ferguson2015.yml | 10 +++++----- 02-data/processed/relevant/Debowicz2014.yml | 4 ++-- 02-data/processed/relevant/Li2022.yml | 6 +++--- 02-data/processed/relevant/Wang2016.yml | 14 +++++++------- 6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/02-data/processed/prelim/Ahumada2023.yml b/02-data/processed/prelim/Ahumada2023.yml index b70676b..e866b57 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/prelim/Ahumada2023.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/prelim/Ahumada2023.yml @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observation: type: # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal indicator: # 0 absolute / 1 relative measures: political power - findings: more unequal distribution of + findings: more unequal political power distribution hinders processes of collective organisation channels: direction: # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg diff --git a/02-data/processed/prelim/Alexiou2023.yml b/02-data/processed/prelim/Alexiou2023.yml index d8f2796..5497d32 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/prelim/Alexiou2023.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/prelim/Alexiou2023.yml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -author: Alexiou, C., & Trachanas, E. +author: Alexiou, C., & Trachanas, E. year: 2023 title: "The impact of trade unions and government party orientation on income inequality: Evidence from 17 OECD economies" publisher: Journal of Economic Studies @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observation: type: # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal indicator: # 0 absolute / 1 relative measures: Gini coeff - findings: unionization strongly related with decreasing income inequalityi; right-wing institutional contexts related with increased income inequality + findings: unionization strongly related with decreasing income inequality; right-wing institutional contexts related with increased income inequality channels: redistribution of political power under unions; weak unionization increases post-redistribution inequality direction: # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg @@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ notes: PRELIMINARY EXTRACTION annotation: | A study on the effects of both political orientation of governments' parties and a country's trade unionization on its income inequality. It finds that, generally, strong unionization is strongly related to decreasing income inequality, most likely through a redistribution of political power through collective mobilization in national contexts of stronger unions. - It also suggests that in contexts of weaker unionization, post-redistribution income inequality is higher, thus also fostering unequal redistributive policies. + It also suggests that in contexts of weaker unionization, post-redistribution income inequality is higher, thus also fostering unequal redistributive policies. Lastly, it finds positive relations between right-wing orientation of a country's government and its income inequality, with more mixed results for centrist governments pointing to potential fragmentations in their redistributive policy approaches. The study is mostly limited in not being able to account for individual drivers (or barriers) and can thus not disaggregate for the effects for example arbitration or collective bargaining. diff --git a/02-data/processed/prelim/Ferguson2015.yml b/02-data/processed/prelim/Ferguson2015.yml index 93b6734..977f557 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/prelim/Ferguson2015.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/prelim/Ferguson2015.yml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -author: Ferguson, J.-P. +author: Ferguson, J.-P. year: 2015 title: "The control of managerial discretion: Evidence from unionization’s impact on employment segregation" publisher: American Journal of Sociology @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ method: sample: unit: representativeness: -causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal +causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal -theory: +theory: limitations: most of effects may be caused by unsobservables observation: - intervention: collective action (unionization) @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ observation: type: 1 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal indicator: 0 # 0 absolute / 1 relative measures: employment - findings: stronger unionization associated with more women and minorities in management, marginally significant + findings: stronger unionization associated with more women and minorities in management, but only marginally significant channels: possible self-selection into unionization direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos significance: 1 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg @@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ notes: PRELIMINARY EXTRACTION; annotation: | A study on the effects of a more unionized workforce in the United States, on the representation of women and minorities in the management of enterprises. It finds that while stronger unionization is associated both with more women and more minorities represented in the overall workforce and in management, this effect is only marginally significant. - Additionally, there are drivers which may be based on unobservables and not a direct effect --- + Additionally, there are drivers which may be based on unobservables and not a direct effect --- it may be a selection effect of more unionized enterprises. It uses union elections as its base of analysis, and thus can not exclude self-selection effects of people joining more heavily unionized enterprises rather than unionization increasing representation in its conclusions. diff --git a/02-data/processed/relevant/Debowicz2014.yml b/02-data/processed/relevant/Debowicz2014.yml index e6092fe..d2a047a 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/relevant/Debowicz2014.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/relevant/Debowicz2014.yml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ method: general equilibrium model, microeconometric simulation model sample: 30000 unit: household representativeness: national -causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal +causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal theory: human capital theory limitations: analytical household-level limitations; no indirect cost-effects able to be accounted for; static model @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ observation: direction: -1 significance: 2 -notes: study attempts to explictly account for spillover effects +notes: study attempts to explictly account for spillover effects and capture conditionality for school attendance annotation: | A study looking at the impact of the cash transfer programme Oportunidades in Mexico, conditioned on a household's children school attendance, on income inequality among others. It finds that a combination of effects raises the average income of the poorest households by 23 percent. diff --git a/02-data/processed/relevant/Li2022.yml b/02-data/processed/relevant/Li2022.yml index 84588f7..bf78aba 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/relevant/Li2022.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/relevant/Li2022.yml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -author: Li, Y., & Sunder, N. +author: Li, Y., & Sunder, N. year: 2022 title: Land inequality and workfare policies publisher: Journal of development studies @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ observation: direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg -notes: +notes: annotation: | A study on the effects of previous inequalities on the outcomes of a work programme in India intended to provide job opportunity equality for already disadvantages population. It specifically looks at the NREGA programme in India, and takes the land-ownership inequality measured through the Gini coefficient as its preceding inequality.[^nrega] @@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ annotation: | They suggest that in more inequally distributed channels the landlords can use a more unequal power structure to lobby and effect political power decreasing the effectiveness of the programmes, in addition to often reduced collective bargaining power on the side of labour in these districts. The results show the same trends for measurement of land inequality using the share of land owned by the top 10 per cent largest holdings instead. - + [^nrega]: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) is a workfare programme implemented in India, the largest of its kind, which seeks to provide 100 days of employment for each household per year. It was rolled out from 2005 over several phases until it reached all districts in India in 2008. diff --git a/02-data/processed/relevant/Wang2016.yml b/02-data/processed/relevant/Wang2016.yml index 7f9e929..003bd46 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/relevant/Wang2016.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/relevant/Wang2016.yml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -author: Wang, J., & Van Vliet, O. +author: Wang, J., & Van Vliet, O. year: 2016 title: "Social Assistance and Minimum Income Benefits: Benefit Levels, Replacement Rates and Policies Across 26 Oecd Countries, 1990-2009" publisher: European Journal of Social Security @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ discipline: economics country: global period: 1990-2009 -maxlength: +maxlength: targeting: implicit group: low-income -data: World Bank CPI indicators; Penn World Table +data: World Bank CPI indicators & Penn World Table; Social Assistance and Minimum Income Protection Dataset (Nelson, 2013) design: observational method: cross-country comparative analysis @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ representativeness: national causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal theory: -limitations: data availability necessitated indicator construction for real minimum benefits and replacement rates +limitations: some effects may stem from exchange rate/PPP changes instead observation: - intervention: direct transfer (social assistance) institutional: 1 @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ observation: indicator: 1 # 0 absolute / 1 relative measures: real wage; replacement rate findings: real benefit levels increased in most countries, benefit levels increasing more than consumer prices; income replacement rates mixed outcomes with decreases in some countries where real benefit levels increased - channels: bulk of increases comes from deliberate policy changes; benefit levels not linked to wages and policy changes not taking into account changes in wages + channels: bulk of increases comes from deliberate policy changes; but benefit levels not linked to wages and policy changes not taking into account changes in wages direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg -notes: +notes: due to data availability indicator for real minimum benefits and replacement rates could be constructed for 26 OECD countries annotation: | - An observational study on the levels of social assistance benefits and wages in a national comparative study within 26 developed countries. + An observational study on the levels of social assistance benefits and wages in a national comparative study within 26 OECD countries. It finds that real minimum income benefit levels generally increased in most countries from 1990 to 2009, with only a few countries, mostly in Eastern European welfare states, showing decreases during the time frame. The majority of changes in real benefit levels are from deliberate policy changes and the study calculates them by a comparison of the changes in benefit levels to the changes in consumer prices. Secondly, it finds that changes for income replacement rates are more mixed, with rates decreasing even in some countries which have increasing real benefits levels.