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 …

A common critique of most measures of income inequality, which are based on a single year's income, is that they fail … inequality and high mobility may be no worse than low inequality and low mobility. To test this, I use panel data from four … countries – Australia, Britain, Germany and the United States – and estimate measures of permanent income inequality that are …

coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … redistribution and inequality. … create a “simulated tax redistribution index”, which captures the mechanical impact of the changes in tax policy on the gini …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R&D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …