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 …

countries, I find that there is a strong and significant relationship between top income shares and broader inequality measures … measures of inequality over periods when alternative income distribution measures are of low quality, or unavailable …

changing assortative mating patterns on income inequality. Evidence from theoretical and mathematically calibrated models … variables, we find some evidence to suggest that assortative mating has had an influence on the increase in income inequality in …

-biased technological change, social norms about inequality, and the internationalisation of the market for English-speaking CEOs. …