Increasing economic inequality in recent years has triggered an outpouring of analysis and
reflection on the causes and consequences of these changes. Several commentators have …

Abstract The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides benefits to
purchase groceries to low-income Americans. It has substantial reach, providing benefits to …

We present an improved panel database of national household surveys between 1988 and
2008. In 2008, the global Gini index is around 70.5%, having declined by approximately 2 …

The Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain
unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness …

Esta monografía analiza en detalle la evolución reciente de la distribución de la renta en
España antes y después de la crisis iniciada en 2007. El enfoque adoptado utiliza una base …

We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the past two decades, including the
period of relatively 'inclusive'growth from 1997 to 2004, and the Great Recession. We focus …

Parental child-related spending represents an important pathway to promote children's
human capital development and material well-being. It is also, however, a pathway that …

This paper examines the distribution of income and consumption in the US using one
dataset that obtains measures of both income and consumption from the same set of …

Earnings dynamics are much richer than those typically used in macro models with
heterogenous agents. This paper provides multiple contributions. First, it proposes a simple …

During the mid‐1960s, the United States adopted a series of cash and in‐kind transfer
programs, as well as human capital investment strategies, as part of the War on Poverty. A …