inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally …, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …

. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married … income inequality. …

This paper analyzes economic assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first provide … inequality between couples. Contrary to previous estimates, we account for possible biases in the estimation of assortative … assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in …

assortative mating among the less educated has been reported across Western nations, suggesting that inequality in parental … rise in average offspring education and earnings as well as a decline in offspring inequality. …

increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support the notion … that rising earnings inequality is, at least in part, supply driven by rising skill inequality. …

inequality between couples. …

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 …

should drive down the skill premium and reduce inequality. Within the limitations of any exercise based on simulations, this … paper finds that the recently observed reduction in inequality in Latin America may continue. Building on counterfactual …

distribution of personal income to better understand urban area-level income inequality (measured by the Mean Log Deviation index … significant increase in income inequality over the last few decades, but population ageing has slightly dampened this trend …. Because metropolitan areas are ageing slower, the inequality-reducing effect of ageing has been less in these areas. However …