How Much Does Sorting Increase Inequality?

Social commentators from William Julius Wilson to Charles Murray have argued that increased sorting people into internally homogeneous neighborhoods, schools, and marriages is spurring long- run inequality. Calibration of a formal model suggests that these fears are misplaced.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Kremer, M.
Institutions:	Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Subject:	ECONOMETRICS \| MATHEMATICS \| SOCIAL JUSTICE \| EDUCATION

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Series:	Working papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	36 pages
Classification:	C00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods. General ; C10 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General. General ; D60 - Welfare Economics. General ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; I20 - Education. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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