Controversies About the Rise of American Inequality: a Survey

By Robert J. Gordon, Ian Dew-Becker. 2008

137 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/652903944041ba686927bd913c21ebb6a211f8e8

Citations in the corpus

• "Jobs and Income Growth of Top Earners and the Causes of Changing Income Inequality: Evidence from U.S. Tax Return Data." (2012, unknown): ““Fixing the System: An analysis of Alternative Proposals for the Reform of International Tax."”
• Capital account liberalization and income inequality (2016, unknown): “Previous research has investigated various determinants of income inequality, such as labor markets (Gordon and Dew-Becker, 2008), technological change (Acemoglu, 2002) or institutions (Acemoglu et al.”
• Income inequality as a cause of the Great Recession?: A survey of current debates (2012, unknown): “…literally treated as accomplished facts by the press (NY Times, 11/07/2002; The Economist, 19/12/2007; Wall Street Journal, 12/15/2006; see also Gordon and Dew-Becker, 2008, p. 30, for a critique), as indeed they were strongly encouraged by the political climate of the time that downplayed…”
• Financialization, globalization and the making of profits by leading retailers (2012, unknown): “, 1998; Dumenil and Levy, 2000; Pitelis and Sugden, 2000) and the introduction of information technologies in work processes (Petit and Soete, 2001; Levy and Temin, 2007; Gordon and Dew-Becker, 2008) have worsened the position of lowskilled workers in high-income economies, fuelling a systemic rise ”
• Did Inequality Cause the U.S. Financial Crisis (2014, unknown): “In spite of these concerns, the results of Krueger and Perri (2003, 2006) were literally treated as accomplished facts by the press (NY Times, 11/07/2002; The Economist, 19/12/2007; Wall Street Journal, 12/15/2006; see also Gordon and Dew-Becker, 2008, p. 30, for a critique).”
• IS LABOR'S LOSS CAPITAL'S GAIN? GROSS VERSUS NET LABOR SHARES (2017, unknown): “This analysis is not meant to prove definitely that labor shares are a poor summary indicator of inequality, though other studies have obtained similar results [Harjes (2007), Gordon and Dew-Becker (2008)].”
• The Geography of Inequality: Difference and Determinants of Wage and Income Inequality across US Metros (2016, unknown): “Studies by GORDON and DEW-BECKER (2008) and DEININGER and SQUIRE (1996) have demonstrated the consequences of poverty on levels of inequality.”