The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

We study how technological change affects between‐ and within‐education‐group inequality in the United States. We … develop a model with heterogeneous workers and firms in which the demand for skills is characterized by firms' recruiting … main driver of the increase in between‐ and within‐group inequality. Technological change in firm productivity, in the form …

We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British cohorts born 30 years … of these early skills across cohorts, but not in their average level. We document for the first time that inequality in … during pregnancy. The increase in inequality in early socio-emotional skills is particularly pronounced for boys. On the …

We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British cohorts born 30 years … factor analysis, we establish comparability in the inequality of these early skills across cohorts, but not in their average … level. We document for the first time that inequality in socio-emotional skills has increased across cohorts, especially for …

This paper presents evidence on a rise and fall in income inequality in Chile during the past two decades. We show that … income inequality rises from 1990 to 2000 and then falls from 2000 to 2011. We perform simple but informative decompositions … to figure out the contributing factors behind that dissimilarity in the behavior of inequality across those two …

This paper analyses the relationship between wage inequality and labour market development. Relevant economic theories … are ambiguous, just as public debates. We measure the effects of wage inequality, skill-biased and skill …-recursive long-runrestrictions.Results show that skill-biased technology shocks reduce hours worked but increase inequality …

This paper presents evidence on a rise and fall in income inequality in Chile during the past two decades. We show that … income inequality rises from 1990 to 2000 and then falls from 2000 to 2011. We perform simple but informative decompositions … to figure out the contributing factors behind that dissimilarity in the behavior of inequality across those two …