National patterns of income and wealth inequality

The impact of income inequality and national wealth on child and adolescent mortality in low and middle-income countries

BACKGROUND Income inequality and national wealth are strong determinants for health, but few studies have systematically investigated their influence on mortality across the early life-course, particularly outside the high-income world. METHODS We performed cross-sectional regression analyses of the relationship between income inequality (national Gini coefficient) and national wealth (Gross ...

Accounting for Patterns of Wealth Inequality

The life-cycle model is a standard theoretical framework for studying savings and wealth inequality. This paper shows that life-cycle models have di¢ culties accounting for the empirical relationship between lifetime earnings and household wealth. Quantitative life-cycle models imply a far tighter relationship between earnings and wealth than is observed in U.S. data. As a result, life-cycle mo...

Income and Wealth Inequality: Evidence and Policy Implications*

Drawing on the author’s work, this lecture presents evidence on U.S. income and wealth inequality. It presents series for top income and wealth shares, and the distribution of economic growth by income groups. It discusses the mechanisms behind the evolution of U.S. income and wealth inequality from historical and comparative perspectives. It analyzes the role of public policy and in particular...

Relative child poverty, income inequality, wealth, and health.

ABUNDANT EVIDENCE NOW SUGGESTS THAT LIVING IN relative poverty and exposure to relative income inequality, especially in childhood, may have a detrimental influence on health and well-being during childhood and across the life course. This Commentary discusses the importance of relative poverty in childhood and the implications of income inequality for population health. Child relative poverty ...

Real Utopian Proposals for reducing Income and wealth Inequality