Cooper, Daniel H.; Lutz, Byron F.; Palumbo, Michael G. - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2012
Wage inequality has risen dramatically in the United States since at least 1980. This paper quantifies the role that … the tax policies of the federal and state governments have played in mitigating wage inequality. The analysis, which … compare before-tax and after-tax inequality across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Second, inequality estimates …