Wage inequality in Portugal increased over the last quarter of century. The period from 1982 to 1995 witnessed strong … increases in both upper- and lower-tail inequality. A shortage of skills combined with skill-biased technological changes are at … the core of this evolution. Since 1995, lower-tail inequality decreased, while upper-tail inequality increased at a slower …

In this paper we examine the link between wage inequality and consumption inequality using a life cycle model that …

individual search specification implies gender differentials in lifetime utility inequality 74% larger. The results of our policy … experiments emphasize the importance of looking at lifetime utility inequality measures as opposed to simply cross-sectional wage … inequality measures. …