Although income inequality has been studied extensively, relatively little attention has been paid to the role of … find this to be true, but not for the reason predicted by theory. Virtually all of the decline in measured inequality, when …

household's total command over economic resources in the six years between 1999 and 2005. Although inequality in economic well …

worse off than whites, and singles are worse off than married couples. We also find that the degree of inequality in the … LIMEW is substantially higher among the elderly than among the nonelderly. In contrast, inequality in the most comprehensive … behind the degree of inequality, as the decomposition analysis reveals, is the greater size and concentration of income from …

One might expect that rising US income inequality would reduce demand growth and create a drag on the economy because … higher-income groups spend a smaller share of income. But during a quarter century of rising inequality, US growth and … inequality could be one explanation for the stagnant recovery in the recession's aftermath. …

welfare. We develop a model of advertising and varieties where firms choose the intensity of digital ads directed at specific …

purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a … terms of reduced medical expenditure, would overcome estimated welfare losses by more than $400 million. …

these two years, between which income and earnings inequality increased, I analyze how household production is affected by …