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published as 'Inequality and Panel Income Changes: Conditions for Possibilities and Impossibilities' in: International Economic Review, 2023, 64 (1), 295-324.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13175

Wage Differentials, Bargaining Protocols, and Trade Unionism in Mid-Twentieth Century American Labor Markets

John H. Pencavel

published in: ILR Review, 2022, 75 (1), 139 - 167.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13070

Was Falling Inequality in All Latin American Countries a Data-Driven Illusion? Income Distribution and Mobility Patterns in Uruguay 2009-2016

Gabriel Burdin, Mauricio De Rosa, Andrea Vigorito, Joan Vilá

revised version published as 'Falling inequality and the growing capital income share: Reconciling divergent trends in survey and tax data' in: World Development, 2022, 152, 105783

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12950

Decomposing US Income Inequality à La Shapley: Race Matters, but Gender Too

Frédéric Chantreuil, Kévin Fourrey, Isabelle Lebon, Therese Rebiere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12757

Income Growth and its Distribution from Eisenhower to Obama: The Growing Importance of In-Kind Transfers (1959-2016)

James Elwell, Kevin Corinth, Richard V. Burkhauser

published in D. Furchtgott-Roth (ed.), United States Trends in Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Well-Being; OUP, Oxford, 2020, 90-124.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12734

Reevaluating Distributional Consequences of the Transition to Market Economy in Poland: New Results from Combined Household Survey and Tax Return Data

Michał Brzeziń ski, Michal Myck, Mateusz Najsztub

revised version published as 'Sharing the gains of transition: evaluating changes in income inequality and redistribution in Poland using combined survey and tax return data' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 73, 102121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12436

Societal Inequalities Amplify Gender Gaps in Math

Thomas Breda, Elyès Jouini, Clotilde Napp

published in: Science Magazine, 2018, 359 (6381), 1219-1220

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12350

The Distribution of Well-Being among Europeans

Andrea Brandolini, Alfonso Rosolia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12046

The Race between Demand and Supply: Tinbergen's Pioneering Studies of Earnings Inequality

James J. Heckman

published in: De economist, 2019, 167, 243–258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11959

International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas

Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot

published in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2022, 56 (3), 272-295

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11953

Housing Expenditures and Income Inequality

Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Markus Zimmermann

published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (645), 1709 - 1736

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11883

Inequality, Reordering and Divergent Growth: Processes of Neighbourhood Change in Dutch Cities

Tal Modai-Snir, Maarten van Ham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11838

Top Incomes in Germany, 1871-2014

Charlotte Bartels

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79 (3), 669-707

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11573

Education Expansion, Assortative Marriage, and Income Inequality in China

Haifeng Nie, Chunbing Xing

published in: China Economic Review, 2019, 55, 37 - 51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11475

How Should Capital Be Taxed? Theory and Evidence from Sweden

Spencer Bastani, Daniel Waldenström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11442

The Fall in German Unemployment: A Flow Analysis

Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Andrey Launov, Jean-Marc Robin

published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 132, 103658

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11438

Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria

James T. Bang, Aniruddha Mitra, Phanindra V. Wunnava

published in: Migration and Development, 2022, 11 (3), 543 - 559

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11407

What Matters for Environmental Quality in the Next-11 Countries: Economic Growth or Income Inequality?

Hemachandra Padhan, Ilham Haouas, Bhagaban Sahoo, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11159

Structural Reforms, Growth and Inequality: An Overview of Theory, Measurement and Evidence

Nauro F. Campos, Paul De Grauwe, Yuemei Ji

published in N. Campos, P. De Grauwe and Y. Ji (eds.), The Political Economy of Structural Reforms in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2018, 1-44.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10979

Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013

Anne Boschini, Kristin Gunnarsson, Jesper Roine

updated version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 181, 104115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10868

Survey Under-Coverage of Top Incomes and Estimation of Inequality: What Is the Role of the UK's SPI Adjustment?

Richard V. Burkhauser, Nicolas Herault, Stephen P. Jenkins, Roger Wilkins

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2018, 39 (2), 213-240

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10667

Trends and Gradients in Top Tax Elasticities: Cross-Country Evidence, 1900–2014

Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10666

Tax Progressivity and Top Incomes: Evidence from Tax Reforms

Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2020, 18, 261 - 289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10572

Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes

Arindrajit Dube

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (4), 268–304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10564

Equal Opportunity through Higher Education: Theory and Evidence on Privilege and Ability

Yuval Arbel, Ronen Bar-El, Yossef Tobol

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10450

Trends in the German Income Distribution: 2005/06 to 2010/11

Martin Biewen, Martin Ungerer, Max Löffler

revised version published as “Why Did Income Inequality in Germany Not Increase Further After 2005?” in: German Economic Review, 2019, 20, 471 - 504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10392

Growth with Equity: Income Inequality in Vietnam, 2002–14

Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, Brian McCaig

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2017, 15, 25 - 46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10362

Family Economics Writ Large

Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Guillaume Vandenbroucke

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, 1346-1434.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10155

Income Inequality and Well-Being in the U.S.: Evidence of Geographic-Scale- and Measure-Dependence

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Carol Lee Graham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9892

Spatial Income Inequality in India, 1993-2011: A District Level Decomposition

Mehtabul Azam, Vipul Bhatt

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2018, 138 (2), 505 - 522

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9718

What Has Been Happening to UK Income Inequality since the Mid-1990s? Answers from Reconciled and Combined Household Survey and Tax Return Data

Richard V. Burkhauser, Nicolas Herault, Stephen P. Jenkins, Roger Wilkins

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70 (2), 301 - 326

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9684

Does Financial Deregulation Boost Top Incomes? Evidence from the Big Bang

Julia Tanndal, Daniel Waldenström

published in: Economics, 2018, 85 (338), 232-265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9677

Top Incomes and Human Well-being Around the World

Richard V. Burkhauser, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 62, 246-257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9210

Income Inequality in Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador: Different Reasons

María Aristizábal-Ramírez, Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Michael Jetter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9037

Top Incomes in Canada: Evidence from the Census

Thomas Lemieux, W. Craig Riddell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9022

Changing Income Inequality and Panel Income Changes

Robert Duval Hernández, Gary S. Fields, George H. Jakubson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8500

Long Term Trends in Fair and Unfair Inequality in the United States

Andrew Hussey, Michael Jetter

published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 49(12): 1147-1163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8157

Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth

Jesper Roine, Daniel Waldenström

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2, 2015, 469-592

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8136

Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (Eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2A, 2015, 1147-1208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8119

A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

Almas Heshmati, Jungsuk Kim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8094

Does Corruption Promote Emigration? An Empirical Examination

Arusha Cooray, Friedrich Schneider

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (1), 293 - 310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8001

Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy

Jo Ritzen, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Caroline Wehner

completely revised version published as 'Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 16 (2), 539-576

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7733

Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty

Sutirtha Bagchi, Jan Svejnar

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43 (3), 505-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7236

The Distribution of Income in Central America

T. H. Gindling, Juan Diego Trejos

revised version published in: Salvador Marti i Puig; Diego Sanchez-Ancochea (eds.), The Handbook of Central American Governance, London: Routledge, 2014, 75-94.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7155

Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons

Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Vito Peragine

published in: Eva Paus (ed.), Getting Development Right, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7153

The Drivers of Happiness Inequality: Suggestions for Promoting Social Cohesion

Leonardo Becchetti, Riccardo Massari, Paolo Naticchioni

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66(2), 419-442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7083

Income Inequality and Saving

Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Mayssun El-Attar

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (6), 1029 - 1061

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6910

Unequal Inequalities: Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Income Inequality?

Denvil Duncan, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2016, 23 (4), 762 - 783

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6745

Income Distribution among those of 65 Years and Older in Sweden

Gabriella Sjögren Lindquist, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: Marek Szczpanski (ed.), Old Age Crisis and Pension Reform. Where do we stand?, Poznan: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6633

Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S.

Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Lorenz Kueng, John Silvia

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2017, 88(C), 70-89.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6554

Income Inequality and Health: Lessons from a Refugee Residential Assignment Program

Hans Grönqvist, Per Johansson, Susan Niknami

published in: Journal of Health Economics 2012, 31 (4), 617-629

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6340

Fading Hope in the US

Jo Ritzen, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6244

Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990-2010

Leonardo Gasparini, Sebastian Galiani, Guillermo Cruces, Pablo A. Acosta

published in: Latin American Economic Review, 2019, 28 (18).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6202

Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Within-Group Inequality

Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg, Lindsey Macmillan

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (2), 541–563

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6030

Redistribution Policy and Inequality Reduction in OECD Countries: What Has Changed in Two Decades?

Herwig Immervoll, Linda Richardson

also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5796

Inequality and Employment Sensitivities to the Falling Labour Share

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2012, 43 (3), 343-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5651

A Call for Comparative Research: Consequences of a Rising Income Inequality for State Activities

Renate Neubäumer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5178

Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Judith Niehues

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5062

Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany

Martin Biewen, Andos Juhasz

revised version published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (4), 622-647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5025

Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe

Daniele Checchi, Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga

revised version published as “Inequality of Opportunity in Europe: is there a role for institutions ?” in Inequality: Causes and Consequences - Research in Labor Economics, Volume 43/2015, pp.1-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4833

Public Education for the Children Left Behind

Carmen Camacho, I-Ling Shen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4791

Increasing Income Inequality: Productivity, Bargaining and Skill-Upgrading

Anders Frederiksen, Odile Poulsen

published as 'Income Inequality: The Consequences of Skill-Upgrading - When Firms Have Hierarchical Organizational Structures' in Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (2), 1224-1239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4699

On the Measurement of Long-Term Income Inequality and Income Mobility

Rolf Aaberge, Magne Mogstad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4634

Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows in Income Inequality Analyses

Joachim R. Frick, Markus M. Grabka

published in: Douglas J. Besharov and Kenneth Couch (eds.), Counting the Poor: New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the United States, Oxford 2012, 117-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4454

20 Years of German Unification: Evidence on Income Convergence and Heterogeneity

Tilman Brück, Heiko Peters

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