Krueger, Dirk; Perri, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
past 25 years. Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey we find that a rising income inequality has not been … accompanied by a corresponding rise in consumption inequality. Over the period from 1972-98 the standard deviation of the log of …%. Furthermore income inequality has increased both between and within education groups while consumption inequality has increased …