claimed that "the more we target benefits at the poor, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality". The basic …

identity on individuals' intrinsic response to incentives, and consequently on widening income inequality. …

households. Using household level data on debt accumulation during 2001-2012, we show that low-income households in high-inequality … regions accumulated less debt relative to income than their counterparts in lower-inequality regions, which negates the … during the 2000s. We present a model in which banks use applicants' incomes, combined with local income inequality, to infer …

childbearing between socioeconomic groups raise concerns about child wellbeing in poor families and future inequality. This paper …

inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally …, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …

In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and … an appropriate response to rising inequality is a shift towards a more progressive multi-bracket income tax system, with …