Anleger sind verunsichert, weil sie sich fragen müssen, ob Finanzprodukte dem Kunden oder nur der Finanzindustrie dienen. Die Autoren erklären, warum das globale Finanzsystem ungerecht ist und geben Tipps, welche Kapitalanlagen jetzt noch sinnvoll sind. Rezension (ekz): Die Autoren betreiben...

This work provides a comparative analysis of public beliefs about social justice. What can explain the cross-national variations, and if opinions do change over time, why is this so? This text should be of interest to those interested in the relationship between public opinion and political elite

The SDN examines the role of labor market institutions in the rise of income inequality in advanced economies, alongside other determinants. The evidence strongly indicates that de-unionization is associated with rising top earners’ income shares and less redistribution, while eroding minimum...

In the us, test score gaps by socioeconomic status and race increase with city size. This paper examines to what extent residential sorting on school quality can explain this fact. We combine 15 years of data on public elementary school students in North Carolina with geocoded school locations...

This study investigates the dynamics of between-group and within-group wage inequality in a model with heterogeneous learning abilities putting a key emphasis on the shape of the ability distribution. In our model, intergenerational human capital externalities incentivize individuals to invest...