The macroeconomic implications of rising wage inequality in the United States

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-722

  Heathcote, Jonathan ^a   Storesletten, Kjetil ^b   Violante, Giovanni L ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR DIVISION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958501485     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656632     Document Type: Article

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