Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints …

recent decades have been: 1) Modest real wage growth; 2) Rising earnings inequality; and 3) Declining labor force …

assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in …-year average earnings. We show that assortative mating tends to increase inequality among couples, compared to random mating. For … annual earnings, the effect is non-negligible and accounts for 3 to 9% of measured inequality. The effect of assortative …

distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that cross‐sectional inequality rose until 2009 for men and women. After the … lower tail. We further document substantial gender differences in average earnings and inequality over the life cycle. While … for men earnings rise and inequality falls as they grow older, many women reduce working hours when starting a family such …