Income and Wealth Inequality
Leaders: Nicholas Bloom, Raj Chetty, Emmanuel Saez
The CPI is home to some of the country’s most influential analyses of the income and wealth distribution. The purpose of the Income and Wealth RG is to monitor the ongoing takeoff in income inequality, to better understand its sources, and to analyze its implications for labor market performance, educational attainment, mobility, and more. The following is a sampling of the CPI’s research projects within this area.
Trends in income and wealth inequality: What are the key trends in U.S. income and wealth inequality? The U.S. increasingly looks to Emmanuel Saez and his research team for the latest data on U.S. economic inequality.
Distributional National Accounts: In an ambitious infrastructural project, Emmanuel Saez and his team are building a “Distributional National Accounts” based on tax returns, a data set that will eliminate the current gap between (a) national accounts data based on economic aggregates and (b) inequality analysis that uses micro-level tax data to examine the distribution of income but is not consistent with national aggregates. This new data set will in turn make it possible to evaluate the extent to which economic growth, which has long been represented as a preferred poverty-reduction approach, is indeed delivering on that objective.
The rise of between-firm inequality: How much of the rise in earnings inequality can be attributed to increasing between-firm dispersion in the average wages they pay? This question can be addressed by constructing a matched employer-employee data set for the United States using administrative records.
Rent and inequality: It is increasingly fashionable to argue that “rent” accounts for much of the takeoff in income inequality. The Current Population Survey can be used to assess whether this claim is on the mark.
Featured Examples
Income And Wealth - CPI Research
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Making Ends Meet | Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein | ||
Getting a Job | Mark Granovetter | ||
Elites and Power | Giddens Anthony | ||
The Evolution of Modern Stratification Systems | John W. Meyer |
The Evolution of Modern Stratification SystemsAuthor: John W. MeyerPublisher: Westview Press Date: |
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Social Democracy & Welfare Capitalism: A Century of Income Security Politics | Alexander M. Hicks |
Social Democracy & Welfare Capitalism: A Century of Income Security PoliticsAuthor: Alexander M. HicksPublisher: Cornell University Press Date: |
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income and wealth - CPI Affiliates
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John Roemer |
Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Professor of Political Sciences and Economics; Fellow, Econometric Society |
Yale University |
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Rebecca L. Sandefur |
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Associate Professor, College of Law (by courtesy); Faculty Affiliate, Women and Gender in Global Perspective and Program in Law, Behavior and Social Sciences |
University of Illinois |
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Rick Fantasia |
Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology; Director, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute |
Smith College |
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John Van Reenen |
Professor of Applied Economics |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Robert Erikson |
Professor, Institute for Social Research |
Stockholm University |
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Income And Wealth - Other Research
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Understanding the Gender Gap | Claudia Goldin | ||
Losers and Winners: The Financial Consequences of Separation and Divorce for Men | Patricia A. McManus and Thomas A. DiPrete |
Losers and Winners: The Financial Consequences of Separation and Divorce for MenAuthor: Patricia A. McManus and Thomas A. DiPretePublisher: American Sociological Review Date: |
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste | Pierre Bourdieu |
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of TasteAuthor: Pierre BourdieuPublisher: Harvard University Press Date: |
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Welfare Regimes, Family-Supportive Policies, and Women’s Employment along the Life-Course | Stier, Haya Stier, Noah Lewin-Epstein and Michael... |
Welfare Regimes, Family-Supportive Policies, and Women’s Employment along the Life-CourseAuthor: Stier, Haya Stier, Noah Lewin-Epstein and Michael...Publisher: American Journal of Sociology Date: |
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International Differences in Male Wage Inequality: Institutions versus Market Forces | Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn |
International Differences in Male Wage Inequality: Institutions versus Market ForcesAuthor: Francine Blau and Lawrence KahnPublisher: Journal of Political Economy Date: |
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