As suggested by recent empirical evidence, one of the causes behind the widespread rise of inequality experienced by … wealth inequality. However, the authors also find that this effect is diminished by tight monetary policy and low credit …

This paper presents a way to explore how macroeconomic shifts cause inequality changes. It is based on the backwardness … control over the direct impact on inequality changes caused by macroeconomic changes that affects the relative competitiveness … inequality in a context of capital-skill complementarity and imperfect mobility of workers. The main conclusion of this paper is …

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …

individual search specification implies gender differentials in lifetime utility inequality 74% larger. The results of our policy … experiments emphasize the importance of looking at lifetime utility inequality measures as opposed to simply cross-sectional wage … inequality measures. -- household search ; inequality ; structural estimation …

individual search specification implies gender differentials in lifetime utility inequality 74% larger. The results of our policy … experiments emphasize the importance of looking at lifetime utility inequality measures as opposed to simply cross-sectional wage … inequality measures …

social networks influences via referrals the residual wage inequality in different skill groups. It is shown that an increase … with high productivities (and wages) thereby enlarging within group wage inequality, but not between group wage inequality …

that automation is indeed a key factor in polarizing the structure of skill demand and increasing wage inequality. This … automation on the distribution of skill demand and wage inequality is correlated with the velocity of technical change. …

This paper studies the (Ramsey) optimal taxation of labor income when wage inequality is rising, as has been the case … inequality in the US since the 1980s. The low-skilled workers are characterised by a lower initial productivity and its growth …