To contribute to the debate on the recent inequality fall in Latin America, we provide evidence on the primary income … matched personal-firm income tax records, we find that trends are sensitive to the data source and inequality measure. Gini …

After much empirical documentation of patterns of inequality, we address in this paper the need for a convincing … interpretation of the causes of inequality in advanced countries. We set the current debate in the context of the evolution of ideas … on inequality, including the debate on Thomas Piketty's book. We argue that four 'engines of inequality' can be …

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

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

are analogous to the widely-used decompositions of inequality indices by population subgroup, except that they summarize … are not dependent on the choice of a specific summary index. Nonetheless, since inequality and poverty indices can be …