Inequality : causes and consequences / edited by Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica Milano and IZA), Solomon W. Polachek (State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA), Konstantinos Tatsiramos (University of Nottingham and IZA).

"IZA."

Includes bibliographical references.

Inequality of opportunity in Europe : is there a role for institutions? / Daniele Checchi, Vita Peragine and Laura Serlenga -- Household lifetime inequality estimates in the U.S. labor market / Luca Flabbi, James Mabli and Mauricio Salazar -- Estimating the intergenerational elasticity and rank association in the United States : overcoming the current limitations of tax data / Bhashkar Mazumder -- Income shocks or insurance : what determines consumption inequality? / Johannes Ludwig -- The role of establishments and the concentration of occupations in wage inequality / Elizabeth Weber Handwerker and James R. Spletzer -- Inequality and changes in task prices : within and between occupation effects / Nicole Fortin and Thomas Lemieux -- Intergenerational transmission of skills and differences in labor market outcomes for blacks and whites / Tsunao Okumura and Emiko Usui -- The college wage premium over time : trends in Europe in the last 15 years / Elena Crivellaro -- Rising wage inequality, real wage stagnation and unions / Stephen Machin -- Is there an advantage to working? : the relationship between maternal employment and intergenerational mobility / Martha H. Stinson and Peter Gottschalk -- Does income inequality in early childhood predict self-reported health in adulthood? : a cross-national comparison of the United States and Great Britain / Richard V. Burkhauser, Markus H. Hahn, Dean R. Lillard and Roger Wilkins.