substantially higher employment (all else equal), which in turn amplifies income inequality across couples. Using NLSY79, we … accumulation and implied wage growth. Inequality between couples is largely driven by the persistence in labor supply choices and …

Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …

tend to receive care of higher measured quality and higher cost. Inequality is evident at home as well: measures of …-income households, reduces inequality in care provided, but it is mainly limited to older children and to the lowest income households …

for global inequality. We develop and parameterize a two-sector, two-class, world economy model that endogenizes education … experiments reveal that the geography of skills matters for global inequality. Low access to education and sectoral misallocation … in the world distribution of skills, slow-growing urbanization in developing countries and a rebound in income inequality …