Category: Inequality

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Inequality

Inequality and aggregate fluctuations

In a highly unequal economy social comparisons can lead to more risk taking or high precautionary savings depending on whether households engage in upward or downward comparisons.

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On the global food shortage

The invasion of Ukraine has restricted exports of food and also triggered protectionist measures by other countries. Can a food crisis be avoided?

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On the distributional effects of automation

New research on the channels through which automation affects inequality. Can fiscal policies reduce automation-induced inequality?

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New trends in gender pay gaps

Can be big data and the related methodological improvements shed a new light on the gender wage gap? How sorting in marriage and labor markets affects inequality. Are women happier than men?

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Trends in global poverty

Trends in global poverty are changing and global measurement of poverty reduction might be overstated.

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On immigration and wages

Empirical evidence on how immigration affects wages is inconclusive. Or is it? Is there a bias in the research published in the top five journals? What is the effect of technology?

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Reflections on inequality

On inequality through the lens of history.  Economists worry about inequality but people worry about lack of opportunity – a new US survey.

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Capital-skill complementarity: does it still hold?

As technology changes does skilled labor still enjoy a wage premium? What is the equilibrium level of automation?

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Income inequality and macro variables

Inequality is not a distributional issue it is likely a central force shaping broader macro-economic trends.

Inequality

Are we measuring poverty incorrectly?

New research on: how to better measure the degree of economic distress felt by everyday people; what does a better price dataset imply about inequality?

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