The High-Employment Route to Low Inequality

Lane Kenworthy ()

No 538, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: This paper surveys the rise of income inequality in affluent nations. Social programs are critical to keeping inequality in check, but their sustainability is increasingly threatened. A possible solution is high levels of employment.

Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2010-06
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Published in Challenge 52, no. 5 (2009): 77-99.

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