@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6340,
            	author={Ritzen, Jo and Zimmermann, Klaus F.},
            	title={Fading Hope in the US},
            	year={2012},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={6340},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6340},
	abstract={A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in countries such as the US would lead to a collapse of society. Fading hopes in the population seem to confirm this. The paper rejects this interpretation since the decline in hopes cannot be traced back to rising inequality.},
	keywords={confidence;ethnicity;hope;human capital;income inequality},
            }