Contents
I. Background
1. Introduction -
Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk
2. The Trend in Inequality Among Families, Individuals,
and Workers in the United States: A Twenty-Five Year
Perspective -
Lynn A. Karoly
II. Labor Market Changes and the
Distribution of Earnings
3. Industrial Change and the Rising Importance of Skill
- Kevin M. Murphy and Finis Welch
4. How Much Has De-Unionization Contributed to the
Rise in Male Earnings Inequality? -
Richard B. Freeman
III. Demographic Changes and the
Distribution of Family Income
5. Family Structure, Family Size, and Family Income:
Accounting for Changes in the Economic Well-Being of
Children, 1968-1986 - Peter Gottschalk and Sheldon Danziger
6. Working Wives and Family Income Inequality Among
Married Couples -
Maria Cancian, Sheldon Danziger, and Peter Gottschalk
IV. Public Policy Changes and the
Distribution of Family Income
7. Growing Inequality in the 1980s: The Role of Federal
Taxes and Cash Transfers -
Edward M. Gramlich, Richard Kasten, and Frank Sammartino
8. The Minimum Wage and Earnings and Income
Inequality -
Michael W. Horrigan and Ronald B. Mincy
Index