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 …

equal distribution of education contributes significantly to reducing income inequality. Educational expansion is a major … factor in reducing educational inequality and thus income inequality. Public policies that improve social benefits and price … stability contribute to reducing income inequality, while public spending on education helps to reduce educational inequality …

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 …

workers enjoy a better distribution of wages, but the attribution of the gap to wage inequality and human capital …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the shortrun, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …