rise in income inequality. Poverty has increased sharply with an estimated 18.5% of the population on incomes below the …

-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s … happiness by education have widened substantially. We develop an integrated approach to measuring inequality and decomposing … changes in the distribution of happiness, finding a pervasive decline in within-group inequality during the 1970s and 1980s …

Several cross-country studies have observed a negative correlation between inequality and interpersonal trust. Using … data from 59 countries, I instrument for inequality using the relative size of the mature-aged cohort, and find that a rise … in inequality reduces trust. …

scarcity in the New World and to a rise in unskilled labour scarcity in Europe. Thus, it contributed to rising inequality in … overseas countries, like the United States, and falling inequality in most of Europe. Falling unskilled labour scarcity and … in today's world? This paper argues that modern debates about inequality and schooling responses to globalization should …

This paper discusses the data limitations associated with the measurement of top incomes and inequality in the Middle … East, with special emphasis to the case of Egypt. It has been noted that high inequality might have contributed to the Arab … spring revolt movement. Some studies have argued however that measured inequality in Middle East countries is not …

liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in … inequality in countries well-endowed in highly skilled workers and capital or with workers that have very low education levels …, and in countries relatively well-endowed in mining and fuels while it is associated with decreases in inequality in …

: changes in labor’s share of income; inequality at the bottom of the income distribution, including labor mobility; skill …This paper provides a comprehensive survey of seven aspects of rising inequality that are usually discussed separately …-biased technical change; inequality among high incomes; consumption inequality; geographical inequality; and international differences …