We study the distributional effect of a wage indexation mechanism - the Scala Mobile (SM) - that heavily compressed the distribution of Italian wages during the 1970s and 1980s. The SM imposed large real wage increases at the bottom of the distribution and was essentially irrelevant for...

Who has gained and how much American families have been growing richer in the distribution of wealth.

Top economists provide much-needed guidance--and some surprising conclusions--in response to rising public concerns about inequality in the U.S. tax system.

Entre 1994 y 2009 la región Chorotega mostró una importante reducción en la incidencia de la pobreza vista como una situación de ingresos insuficientes. No obstante, esa incidencia sigue siendo una de las más elevadas entre las regiones del país. A partir de la utilización de una serie de...