Browsing by Subject "income inequality"

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    • Bequests in the US: Patterns, Motives, and Tax Policy 
      Wang, Kang (2016-12-07)
      This dissertation studies three topics on bequests and bequest motives. It firstly documents the patterns and time trends of bequest distributions. Then this dissertation estimates the impacts of bequests and estate taxation ...
    • Essays in Empirical Microeconomics 
      Zhao, Naibao (2018-04-30)
      This dissertation introduces two essays with the focus on alternative approaches to empirical research in economics. The first essay uses a reduced-form approach to address a “macro-phenomenon:” the long-standing puzzle ...
    • What Drives the Public Mood of Income Inequality 
      Myers, Rebekah M (2014-08-13)
      Income inequality in the United States has been growing since the 1970s. However, this economic phenomenon has not been widely discussed in public discourse until recently. Scholars suggest that income inequality has major ...