Olivier Blanchard and Justin Wolfers. 2000. Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European “The Unemployment: the Aggregate Evidence,” 110 (March) 1-33. Economic Journal Boix, Carles. 1998. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 2. Political Parties, Growth and Equality. Peter Lindert. 2004. Growing Public. Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth : Press. Chapters 10-11 Century. (December 7) 10. Twentieth-century Inequality. Required reading Thomas Piketty and Saez, Emmanuel. 2006. Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and “The International Perspective,” 96 (2): 200—205. American Economic Review Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage. 2010. Institutions and Income Inequality, 1900-2000.” “Political World Politics. Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal. 2006. Polarized : The Dance of Ideology and : The MIT Press. Chapter TBA. Unequal Riches. Further Reading Debraj Ray. 1998. Princeton University Press. Chapter 6. Development Economics. Simon Kuznets. 1955. Growth and Income Inequality,” American Economic Review 45 “Economic March): 1-28. Branko Milanovic, Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson. 2007. Ancient Inequality,” “Measuring NBER Working Papers # 13550. Lindert, Peter H. 2000. Centuries of Inequality in and .” In A.B. Atkinson & F. Bourguignon, eds. “Three . Chapter 3. Handbook of Income Distribution. Bourguignon, François and Morrisson, Christian.2002. Among World Citizens: 1820-1992,” “Inequality 92: 727—744. American Economic Review Branko Milanovic. 2007. Princeton Worlds Measuring International and Global Inequality. University Press. Sala-i-Martin, Xavier. 2006. World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and...Convergence, “The Period,” 121: 351-397. Quarterly Journal of Economics Peter Gottschalk; Timothy M. Smeeding. 1997. Comparisons of Earnings and Income “Cross-National Inequality ,” Vol. 35 (2): 633-687. Journal of Economic Literature,
Olivier Blanchard and Justin Wolfers. 2000. “The Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European Unemployment: the Aggregate Evidence,” Economic Journal 110 (March) 1-33. Boix, Carles. 1998. Political Parties, Growth and Equality. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 2. Peter Lindert. 2004. Growing Public. Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century. : Press. Chapters 10-11 10. Twentieth-century Inequality. (December 7) Required reading Thomas Piketty and Saez, Emmanuel. 2006. “The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective,” American Economic Review 96 (2): 200—205. Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage. 2010. “Political Institutions and Income Inequality, 1900-2000.” World Politics. Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal. 2006. Polarized : The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches. : The MIT Press. Chapter TBA. Further Reading Debraj Ray. 1998. Development Economics. Princeton University Press. Chapter 6. Simon Kuznets. 1955. “Economic Growth and Income Inequality,” American Economic Review 45 March): 1-28. Branko Milanovic, Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson. 2007. “Measuring Ancient Inequality,” NBER Working Papers # 13550. Lindert, Peter H. 2000. “Three Centuries of Inequality in and .” In A.B. Atkinson & F. Bourguignon, eds. Handbook of Income Distribution. . Chapter 3. Bourguignon, François and Morrisson, Christian.2002. “Inequality Among World Citizens: 1820-1992,” American Economic Review 92: 727—744. Branko Milanovic. 2007. Worlds Measuring International and Global Inequality. Princeton University Press. Sala-i-Martin, Xavier. 2006. “The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and...Convergence, Period,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 121: 351-397. Peter Gottschalk; Timothy M. Smeeding. 1997. “Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality ,” Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 35 (2): 633-687.
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