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The Economics of Rising Inequalities

The first in a new series of CEPR Conference Volumes published jointly with Oxford University Press, The Economics of Rising Inequalities is an in-depth discussion of rising inequalities in the western world. It explores the extent to which rising inequalities are the mechanical consequence of changes in economic fundamentals (such as changes in technological or demographic parameters), and to what extent they are the contingent consequences of country-specific and time-specific changes in institutions. It includes both theoretical and empirical contributions.

Both the 'fundamentalist' view and the 'institutionalist' view have some relevance. For instance, the decline of traditional manufacturing employment since the 1970s has been associated in every developed country with a rise of labour-market inequality (the inequality of labour earnings within the working-age population has gone up in all countries), which lends support to the fundamentalist view. But, on the other hand, everybody agrees that institutional differences (minimum wage, collective bargaining, tax and transfer policy) between Continental European countries and Anglo-Saxon countries explain why disposable income inequality trajectories have been so different in those two groups if countries during the 1980s-90s, which lends support to the institutionalist view.

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Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds) (2002), ‘The Economics of Rising Inequalities‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (2002), ‘Introduction: The Economics of Rising Inequalities‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Arellano, M, S Bentolila and O Bover (2002), ‘The Distribution of Earnings in Spain during the 1980s: The Effects of Skill, Unemployment, and Union Power‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Canto, O, A Cardoso and J Jimeno (2002), ‘Earnings Inequality in Portugal and Spain: Contrasts and Similarities‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Acemoglu, D (2002), ‘Changes in Unemployment and Age inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Brunello, G and T Ishikawa (2002), ‘Does Competition at School Matter? A View Based upon the Italian and Japanese Experiences‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Wasmer, E (2002), ‘The Causes of the 'Youth Employment Problem': A (Labour) Supply Side View‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Ortega, J (2002), ‘Pareto-Improving Immigration in an Economy with Equilibrium Unemployment‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Blundell, R and I Preston (2002), ‘Consumption Inequality and Income Unertainty‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Bjorklund, A and M Palme (2002), ‘Income Redistribution within the Life Cycle Versus Between Individuals: Empirical Evidence Using Swedish Panel Data‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Brandolini, A, P Cipollone and P Sestito (2002), ‘Earnings Dispersion, Low Pay and Household Poverty in Italy, 1977-98‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Gottschalk, P and S Mayer (2002), ‘Changes in Home Production and Trends in Economic Inequality‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Bénabou, R (2002), ‘Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and the Social Contract‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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Hassler, J, J Rodriguez, K Storesletten and F Zilibotti (2002), ‘Unemployment, Specialization, and Collective Preferences for Social Insurance‘, in Cohen, D, T Piketty and G Saint-Paul (eds), The Economics of Rising Inequalities, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-rising-inequalities

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