One often heard counter to the concern on rising income and wealth inequality is that it is wrong to focus on … inequality of outcomes in a “snapshot.” Intergenerational mobility and “equality of opportunity”, so the argument goes, is what … lower inequality not between individuals but between the dynasties to which they belong? And how does this pattern in turn …

or societal laws benefiting religious citizens. Rising income inequality can, however, lead some of the rich to form a …

We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …

strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …

This paper examines whether the expansion of higher education has reduced inequality by providing more opportunities … Maximally Maintained Inequality theory and Relative Risk Aversion theory, I use logistic regressions to analyse data collected …

We conduct a systematic empirical study of cross-sectional inequality in the United States, integrating data from the … Finances. In order to understand how different dimensions of inequality are related via choices, markets, and institutions, we … wage inequality over the sample period. Changes in the distribution of hours worked sharpen the rise in earnings inequality …

approaches seem to be exaggerated, proposing artificial breaks in the historical process. Inequality was at a high level by the … towards skill-intensive products, inequality gave rise to serious shortcomings in terms of human capital accumulation, and the …

inequality. This paper reviews this approach and reports a number of results from recent studies. …

coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … personal income. From a political economy perspective, I also find some evidence that more inequality leads states to implement … redistribution and inequality. …