cycle, of several dimensions of economic inequality, including wages, labor earnings, income, consumption, and wealth. After … emphasis on cross-country comparisons. Most, but not all, countries experienced substantial increases in wages and earnings … and the cyclical fluctuations in income inequality. The rise in income inequality was stronger at the bottom of the …

than wage dispersion, due to a rise in the correlation between wages and hours worked. Over the same period, inequality in …-equality: the ex-ante loss is equivalent to a 5% decline in lifetime income for the worst affected cohorts. …

Data on the life-cycle profiles of inequality in wages, earnings, hours worked and consumption contains precious …

Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and … income changes as a result of changes in cohort size and on husband's income as a determinant of female labor supply. It is … concluded that own wage is a more important determinant of female labor supply than husband's income. Policies that increase …

In this article we characterize the evolution of inequality in hourly wages, hours of work, labor earnings, household … disposable income and household consumption for Spain between 1985 and 2000. We look at both the Encuesta Continua de … earnings and household net disposable income has decreased substantially. The decreases in the tertiary education premium and …

is higher for firms, unskilled wages are pushed down. These forces lead to a non-ergodic equilibrium process for wage and … income inequality. The model also predicts that increasing wage inequality is more likely to arise in economies with less …