Skill-Biased Technological Change and Inequality in the U.S.
Since the 1980s, income inequality has increased markedly and has reached the highest level ever since it started being recorded in the U.S. This paper uses an overlapping generations model with incomplete markets that allows for household heterogeneity that is calibrated to match the U.S. economy w...
Main Author: | Ana Ferreira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Coimbra University Press
2020-12-01
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Series: | Notas Económicas |
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Online Access: | https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/notaseconomicas/article/view/9216 |
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