Als Stabilitätsanker zwischen Arm und Reich nimmt die Einkommensmittelschicht in der politischen Diskussion seit jeher eine besondere Bedeutung ein. Eine einheitliche Definition dieser Gruppe gibt es aber nicht. Anhand von überwiegend bildungs- und erwerbsbezogenen Kriterien wird deshalb...

"America is becoming a class-based society. It is now conventional wisdom to focus on the wealth of the top 1 percent-especially the top 0.01 percent-and how the ultra-rich are concentrating income and prosperity while incomes for most other Americans are stagnant. But the most important,...

This book addresses the central challenge facing rich countries: how to promote growth and prosperity that is widely shared rather than concentrated at the top. It identifies structures and policies that are associated with limiting the rise in inequality and promoting income growth

Based on Norwegian administrative registers we provide new empirical evidence on the effects of the childhood neighborhood's socioeconomic status on educational and labor market performance. A neighborhood's status is measured annually by its prime age inhabitants' earnings ranks within larger...