Almås, Ingvild; Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2011
We demonstrate how age-adjusted inequality measures can be used to evaluate whether changes in inequality over time are because of changes in the age structure. In particular, we explore the hypothesis that the substantial rise in earnings inequality since the early 1980s is driven by the large...