Thursday, April 1 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Liberty B

Session 23:
Determinants and Consequences of Income Inequality

Chair: Sheldon H. Danziger, University of Michigan
Discussant: Mel Stephens, Carnegie Mellon University

  1. Rising Household Income Inequality: The Importance of SortingDeborah S. Reed, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

  2. The Effects of Job Displacement on Career Outcomes by Worker CharacteristicsJennie E. Brand, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  3. Income Distribution and Social Expenditure: Health, Education, and CashTimothy Smeeding, Syracuse University

  4. After Death Do Us Part: An Analysis of the Economic Well Being of Widows in Four CountriesRichard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University ; Philip Giles, Statistics Canada ; Dean R. Lillard, Cornell University ; Johannes Schwarze, Universitat Bamberg

Other sessions on Economy, Labor Force, Education and Inequality