The continuous rise of inequality particularly in the growing concentration of income at the top level of distribution in the United States has become a great focus of assessment for economists and policy makers. Skilled workers struggle to improve their income compensation by integrating higher level of schooling with on-the-job experience to boost their opportunity and gain the edge in this competitive labor market. Understanding the factors behind this phenomenon is essential to determine whether policy action is needed to reduce income inequality while taking into account other policy objectives. Since the problem won’t be solved without understanding the origin of the problem which is still a battle for economists and policy makers. Th...
The rise in inequality in the last two decades has affected most developed economies. The systemic n...
Abstract: A popular and highly politicized theme today is that US workers are falling behind as thei...
The debate over the extent and causes of rising inequality of American incomes and wages had raged f...
The continuous rise of inequality particularly in the growing concentration of income at the top lev...
Economic theory alone does not establish any basis for preferring a more or less equal distribution ...
skewness at the very top of the income distribution, has received enormous attention. This paper sur...
We argue that the recent growth in income inequality is driven by disparate growth in investment inc...
Abstract: In this second part of our study we survey the rapidly expanding empirical literature on t...
There is little consensus amongst economists when it comes to income inequality. This study consists...
The growing disparity in income between the rich and middle/lower income groups has resulted in sign...
For the United States, one of the most important trends of concern is the growing level of inequalit...
The author examines the apparent increase in the dispersion of earnings, which is central to the con...
technical assistance, to Wayne Carroll for generous support, and finally to Dennis Petruska for all ...
The paper is structured as follows. In section 2 we clarify the concept of inequality used in the pa...
With income inequality now at levels greater than those seen during the Gilded Age, many have become...
The rise in inequality in the last two decades has affected most developed economies. The systemic n...
Abstract: A popular and highly politicized theme today is that US workers are falling behind as thei...
The debate over the extent and causes of rising inequality of American incomes and wages had raged f...
The continuous rise of inequality particularly in the growing concentration of income at the top lev...
Economic theory alone does not establish any basis for preferring a more or less equal distribution ...
skewness at the very top of the income distribution, has received enormous attention. This paper sur...
We argue that the recent growth in income inequality is driven by disparate growth in investment inc...
Abstract: In this second part of our study we survey the rapidly expanding empirical literature on t...
There is little consensus amongst economists when it comes to income inequality. This study consists...
The growing disparity in income between the rich and middle/lower income groups has resulted in sign...
For the United States, one of the most important trends of concern is the growing level of inequalit...
The author examines the apparent increase in the dispersion of earnings, which is central to the con...
technical assistance, to Wayne Carroll for generous support, and finally to Dennis Petruska for all ...
The paper is structured as follows. In section 2 we clarify the concept of inequality used in the pa...
With income inequality now at levels greater than those seen during the Gilded Age, many have become...
The rise in inequality in the last two decades has affected most developed economies. The systemic n...
Abstract: A popular and highly politicized theme today is that US workers are falling behind as thei...
The debate over the extent and causes of rising inequality of American incomes and wages had raged f...