TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ritzen, Jo
AU  - Zimmermann, Klaus F.
        TI  - Fading Hope in the US
        PY  - 2012/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6340
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6340
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - confidence
KW  - ethnicity
KW  - hope
KW  - human capital
KW  - income inequality
        ER  -