We model the evolution of age-dependent personal income distribution and inequality as expressed by the Gini ratio. In … our framework, inequality is an emergent property of a theoretical model we develop for the dynamics of individual incomes … in the Gini ratio since 2000. In the youngest age group (from 15 to 24 years), however, the level of income inequality …

In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and … an appropriate response to rising inequality is a shift towards a more progressive multi-bracket income tax system, with …

, regardless of (non-)random assignment to social jobs and the level of income inequality, individuals in social jobs are only …

investigate perceived social position and income inequality in six different countries between the 1990's and 2000's in order to … inequality in perceptions. Consequently, the dynamics of perceptions can help explain, for example, the empirical evidence … with increasing inequality detected in some countries. …

United States (1921-2012) to estimate two Gini-like indices representing inequality at the bottom and the top of the income … to be mostly explained by an increase in inequality at the bottom of the income distribution, which more than offsets the … decrease in inequality at the top. The implication is that middle incomes gained relative to high incomes, but especially …

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over … possible rationale for recent inequality developments. …