measures.First, we provide theoretical decompositions into the eect of change in priceindex dispersion and the eect of change … sensitivityof USEFs to price dispersion are derived. Third, Atkinson's inequality measuresare shown to belong to an interval whose … bounds are inequality measures withoutprice index dispersion... …

concepts, k- and k-m-dispersion, for understanding the impact of information release. With these tools, we study the …

, have provoked a discussion about mismatch and the Beveridge Curve, alongside a discussion about firm-level dispersion …, these episodes appear to be related to other dispersion shocks which have been increasingly discussed in the literature. …

Measuring the dispersion of productivity or efficiency across firms in a market or industry is rife with methodological … issues. Nevertheless, the existence of considerable dispersion now is well documented and widely accepted. Less well … understood are the economic features and mechanisms underlying the magnitude of dispersion and how dispersion varies over time or …

hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in the dispersion of wages and productivity has occurred across … establishments and these changes are linked. Second, that the increased dispersion in wages and productivity across establishments is … hypotheses. Specifically, we find that (1) the between-plant component of wage dispersion is an important and growing part of …