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dc.contributor.authorWolff, Edward N.en
dc.contributor.authorZacharias, Ajiten
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:10:03Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:10:03Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31700-
dc.description.abstractExisting empirical schemas of class structure do not specify the capitalist class in an adequate manner. We propose a schema in which the specification of capitalist households is based on wealth thresholds. Individuals in noncapitalist households are assigned class locations based on their position in the labor process. The schema is designed to address the question of the relationship between class structure and overall economic inequality. Our analysis of the U.S. data shows that class divisions among households, especially the large gaps between capitalist households and everyone else, contribute substantially to overall inequality.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aLevy Economics Institute of Bard College |cAnnandale-on-Hudson, NYen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x487en
dc.subject.jelB51en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelP16en
dc.subject.jelY80en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordClass Analysisen
dc.subject.keywordLiving Standardsen
dc.subject.keywordInequalityen
dc.titleClass structure and economic inequality-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn570241472en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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