cycle, of several dimensions of economic inequality, including wages, labor earnings, income, consumption, and wealth. After … distribution. Consumption inequality increased less than disposable income inequality, and tracked the latter much more closely at …

earnings, to disposable income, and, ultimately, to consumption and wealth. We document a continuous and sizable increase in … limited both the level and growth of consumption inequality. (Copyright: Elsevier) …

"We assess the degree of consumption smoothing implicit in a calibrated life-cycle version of the standard incomplete … the model have access to less consumption-smoothing against permanent earnings shocks than what is measured in the data …. BPP estimate that 36% of permanent shocks are insurable (i.e., do not translate into consumption growth), whereas the …