This paper studies the labor supply contributions to individual and family earnings inequality during the period of … rising wage inequality in the early 1980's. Working couples have positively correlated labor market outcomes, which are … the rising annual earnings inequality for married men, but over 20 percent of the rise in family inequality and 50 percent …

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 …

We present evidence on the level of and trend in inequality from 1985-2010 in the United States, using disposable … other recent research, we find that the trends in income and consumption inequality are broadly similar between 1985 and … 2006, but diverge during the Great Recession with consumption inequality decreasing and income inequality increasing. Given …