While nominal wage differences between skilled and unskilled workers have increased
since 1980, college graduates have experienced larger increases in cost of living because …

This thesis considers the fact and sources of wage inequality across cities within the national
boundary by investigating some essential deviations from a perfect world or a perfect …

Inequality in the United States has an important spatial component. More-skilled workers
tend to live in larger cities where they earn higher wages. Less-skilled workers make lower …

A strong positive monotonic relationship between wage inequality and city size developed
between 1979 and 2007 in the United States. After accounting for differences in skill …

Inequality in the United States has an important spatial component. More-skilled workers
tend to live in larger cities where they earn higher wages. Less-skilled workers make lower …

David Leonhardt of The New York Times recently reported on the evolution of the college
wage premium, or the difference between average earnings among those with a college (but …

US labor markets have experienced rising inequality over the past 30 years—as evidenced
by an increased gap in wages earned by high-skill workers (eg, college graduates) and low …

In the 1980s, college graduates earnings began far outpacing those of non-college
graduates. Many economists point to supply and demand factors as an explanation for this …

(所得格差とマクロ経済学)(論文内容の要旨) 本論文は, 近年, 先進国で見られる所得格差に関する,
マクロ経済との関連を念頭に置いた 3 つの研究によって構成される. 第一部 (前半の 3 章) では …

A central issue facing society is the equity/growth trade-off. Conventional economic theory
suggests enhanced incentives associated with income inequality should increase growth …