Keyword: income distribution
Baby Dilemma (9/1/2005)
Low fertility among educated women threatens to lower the supply of high-skilled workers.
Choose Your Parents Carefully (8/31/2005)
Marital sorting can increase wage inequality and lead to lower economic growth over generations by concentrating the life-chance advantage of better educated people.
Glamour vs Hardship (6/22/2006)
Most glamorous jobs have high average income but low median income while most bread-and-butter jobs have median income that is very close to the average income.
Income Distribution (7/7/2006)
In the U. S., the top income group has been gaining relative to the rest of the population due to globalization, but the belief in upward mobility is still strong.
The Diet Poor (9/7/2005)
Lack of affordable transportation due to poverty forces the poor to shop in neighborhood stores that charge more for the mostly unhealthy but high-turnover food that they carry.
The Economics of Superstars (9/26/2000)
Joint consumption technology combined with imperfect substitution of consumer preferences can lead to outsized rewards to a few superstars in mass entertainment businesses.
The Family Gap (9/2/2005)
Motherhood adversely affects women's life-time earnings.
The Rise of Dogs (9/11/2007)
Rising affluence and other social factors have led to the emergence of the dog care industry.