Was the increase in income inequality in the US due to permanent shocks or merely to an increase in the variance of … changes, transitory and permanent shocks and estimate the contribution of each to total inequality. Our model fits the joint … evolution of consumption and income inequality well and delivers two main results. First, we find that permanent changes in …

Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher … inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization … how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distribution. Using a variety of large …

Was the increase in income inequality in the US due to permanent shocks or merely to anincrease in the variance of … lifecyclechanges, transitory and permanent shocks and estimate the contribution of each tototal inequality... …

latent-growth-curve modeling based on household panels show that participatory inequality by parental income is already large … research on (political) inequality in youth and childhood. …