inequality. However, this is the net result of reduced differences at the bottom and increased differences at the top. So there …

absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …

inequality, and analyses several explanations for this result. A causal link is established by showing that the results are … robust to the inclusion of city fixed-effects and city-specific time trends, and by using inequality in the woman’s state of … birth as a proxy for the local level of male inequality. Increasing male inequality explains about 30% of the marriage rate …

This Paper develops a model of political consensus in order to explain the missing link between inequality and …-interested politicians propose non-discriminatory policies. We study how much inequality can be sustained in a democracy and how the limits … to redistribution vary with initial inequality. We find that the bounds of the set of political equilibria may react in a …

, while inequality tends to rise monotonically. Bonus caps and income taxes can help restore balance in agents' incentives and …

small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is … fragmented, based on cross-sectional evidence on skill premia rather than overall levels of inequality. This paper provides the … first comparative evidence on the link between innovation and inequality in a continental perspective. Using micro data from …

size, productivity, composition, and inequality of cities, as well as their size distribution in the urban system. …