-cycle model, we determine that taxes and transfers offset 45% of lifetime earnings inequality attributed to differences in … productive abilities and education. Additionally, the system insures against 48% of lifetime earnings risk. Implementing a …

male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings … education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage …

(generated by, e.g., technological or climatic change) among other benefits. In this chapter, we study education inequality in … interaction of education inequality with other forms of inequality, primarily income and labor market outcomes. Our analysis is …Education is a crucial asset for a country's economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct …

We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary … to the received wisdom, we show that human capital accumulation is not necessarily growth-inducing and inequality …-reducing. Expansive education policies may foster growth and reduce earning inequalities between workers, but only by transferring income …

documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal … contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed …, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a "replication" exercise with some seminal papers in the literature …

Welfare caseloads in North America halved following reforms in the 1990s and 2000s. We study how this shift affected … families by linking Canadian welfare records to tax returns, medical spending, educational attainment, and crime data. We find …, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …

women's and men's incentives to invest in education. Once married, spouses bargain over their share of total household … marriage market into a significantly larger share of household income. Hence, men's incentive to invest in education decreases … in which men and women decide to become educated at different rates. -- Family bargaining ; Gender education gap …