Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Wainstock, Daniel C. - 2023
Why does inequality vary across societies? We advance the hypothesis that in a mar- ket economy, where earning … differentials re ect variations in productive traits among individuals, a significant component of the differences in inequality …-of-Africa migration. Exploring the roots of inequality within the US population, we find supporting evidence for our hypothesis: variation …