Income inequality in the United States has risen over the past several decades. Over the same period, federal regulatory restrictions have increased. An emerging literature shows that regulations can have regre
Income inequality in the United States remained relatively stable for a period of nearly forty years. Beginning in the 1970’s, however, this period of stability ended, as the first signs of widening income inequality became apparent. Over the course of the 1970’s and 1980’s, an increasingl...
The United States is can be considered as a rich country. It is rich in culture, it is rich in individualism, it is rich in productivity, and it is rich in inequality. The “top 1%” is often spoken about in the media and in referred to in the daily lives of Americans. The 1% ...
2009. Convergence in income inequality in the United States: A nonparametric analysis. Applied Economic Letters, 16, 1365-1368.Ezcurra, Roberto, and Pedro Pascual. 2009. "Convergence in income inequality in the United States: a nonparametric analysis," Applied Economics Letters 16:1365-1368....
The research suggests that economic policies to address the rising income inequality in the United States might serve to also address some of our nation's most troubling health statistics.doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2018.05.001Matthew PravinBrodersen Donka Mirtcheva...
InequalityTop IncomesUS Economic HistoryIn this article, we offer a revision to the top income share series produced by Piketty and Saez (2003) for the United States, focusing upon the period prior todoi:10.2139/ssrn.2985234Geloso, Vincent...
Slavery in the United States has a direct relation to current income inequality. There is a cross-state relationship between the Gini coefficient of land inequality in 1860 and the Gini coefficient of income inequality in 2000. The relationship is strong, underlying the impact of past slave use ...
d States, 1917-1945 Is the U-Curve That Pronounced? Revisiting Income Inequality in the United States, 1917-1945Is the U-Curve That Pronounced? Revisiting Income Inequality in the United States, 1917-1945InequalityTop IncomesUS Economic HistoryIn this article, we reconsider the level and trend ...
However, thatwealthis not distributed equally across all parts of the United States.Incomeinequality in the U.S. is considerable. Despite nearly $140 trillion in total wealth, 11.1% of the U.S. population lived inpovertyin 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.4 ...
Income inequality in the United States is growing, contrary to previous decades where the gap narrowed.