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Title: Ability and Income Inequality

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Primary breadwinners (individual who earns the most in a household) in the top decile of household income earn significantly more than the average of their peers defined by age, education, occupation, sex and race. The converse is true for workers in the bottom decile of household income. This relative payoff to ability has been relatively stable from 1980 to 2015. But this ability multiplier significantly amplified the increased payoff to skilled employment (requiring education) that also occurred over this period. Thus, ability materially exacerbated the increase in household income inequality.

Url: https://disciplinedthinking.blogspot.com/2017/01/ability-and-income-inequality.html

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Authors: Whelan, Hugh

Publisher: Disciplined Thinking

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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