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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Destined for Equality: The Inevitable Rise of Women's Status | Robert Max Jackson |
Destined for Equality: The Inevitable Rise of Women's StatusAuthor: Robert Max JacksonPublisher: Harvard University Press Date: |
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From Poverty to Perversity: Ideas, Markets, and Institutions over 200 Years of Welfare Debate | Margaret R. Somers and Fred Block |
From Poverty to Perversity: Ideas, Markets, and Institutions over 200 Years of Welfare DebateAuthor: Margaret R. Somers and Fred BlockPublisher: American Sociological Review Date: |
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Top Heavy: A Study of the Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America | Edward N. Wolff |
Top Heavy: A Study of the Increasing Inequality of Wealth in AmericaAuthor: Edward N. WolffPublisher: The Century Foundation, Inc. Date: |
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Inequality among World Citizens: 1820-1992 | Bourguignon, François and Christian Morrisson |
Inequality among World Citizens: 1820-1992Author: Bourguignon, François and Christian MorrissonPublisher: American Economic Review Date: |
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Corporate Ownership around the World | Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes and... |
Corporate Ownership around the WorldAuthor: Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes and...Publisher: Date: |
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income and wealth - CPI Affiliates
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Xueguang Zhou |
Professor and Chair of Sociology; Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development and FSI Senior Fellow |
Stanford University |
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Linda Darling-Hammond |
Charles Ducommon Emeritus Professor of Education; Co-Director, School Redesign Network (SRN) |
Stanford University |
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Duane Alwin |
McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography, Director, Center on Population Health and Aging |
Pennsylvania State University |
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Zephyr Frank |
Professor of Latin American History; Director of the program on Urban Studies |
Stanford University |
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Lisa Catanzarite |
Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce & UNITE-LA; Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University |
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce & UNITE-LA |
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Income And Wealth - Other Research
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The Wealth of Nations | Adam Smith |
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The Wealth of NationsAuthor: Adam SmithPublisher: University of Chicago Press Date: |
The Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European Unemployment: The Aggregate Evidence | Olivier J. Blanchard and Justin Wolfers |
The Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European Unemployment: The Aggregate EvidenceAuthor: Olivier J. Blanchard and Justin WolfersPublisher: The Economic Journal 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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The Winner-Take-All Society | Robert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook |
The Winner-Take-All SocietyAuthor: Robert H. Frank and Philip J. CookPublisher: Penguin Books Date: |
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Cohabitation and the Declining Marriage Premium for Men | Philip N. Cohen |
Cohabitation and the Declining Marriage Premium for MenAuthor: Philip N. CohenPublisher: Work and Occupations Date: |
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