This article builds on other reviews of changes in earnings inequality in the U.S. in tow important directions. First, the review is expanded to include other major industrialized countries, and second, the focus is broadened from earnings to household income. The general finding is that the...

Interest in cross-national comparisons of personal income distributions, low relative incomes, and income inequality in general has grown dramatically during the past five years. This paper summarizes and provides limited updates on a small part of what was learned in a large study undertaken...

The first draft of Chapter 3 in The Handbook of Income Distribution, edited by Anthony B. Atkinson and Francois Bourgignon, this paper reviews the empirical evidence on the level and trend in family income inequality in industrialized countries, primarily the OECD countries.

This paper uses data from the Luxembourg Income Study to explore the role of differences in supply shifts in explaining cross-national differences in the rise in earnings inequality. Changes in returns to age and education are estimated for eight countries using a common specification of...

This paper investigates earnings and wage inequality trends in several LIS countries in the 1980's. It finds a trend toward greater wage inequality in virtually all LIS countries, thus providing some evidence that technological change may explain a larger fraction of earnings and wage inequality...

Looks into the links between structural change in industrialized countries and the rise of income inequality. Includes a useful literature review on inequality in the U.S.

Discusses the distribution of family income, comparing the differing patterns of inequality measured only on income of heads and measured on total family income.