proved to be enough to shed light on the length and timing before high inequality implies regime change. Thus, this work may …

population subgroups for total income inequality. Moreover, we show that existing methods are unsuitable to decompose the trend …

distribution. I use the estimates to decompose the overall effect of transfers on wealth inequality in the effect of the aggregated … very much in line with the literature, indicating that transfers tend to equalize wealth inequality, despite minor …

As the importance of capital is resurging in rich countries, the dynamics of wealth inequality are being increasingly …

distortionary effects of higher income taxes at the top but makes them ineffective at lowering inequality. Eliminating tax avoidance …

How does revolutionary technological change impact wealth inequality? We turn to the mother of all technological shocks … industrialization on the top percentile's wealth share and the inequality among top fortunes. We show that this relationship between …

We study the dynamics of capital accumulation, income inequality, capital concentration, and voting up to 1914. Based … critics. We show that changes in capital accumulation led to a rise in the capital share and income inequality, as predicted … votes for the socialists. Instead, trade unions and strike activity limited income inequality and fostered political support …