Browsing HKS Faculty Scholarship by Keyword "Demographics"

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    • Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats? 

      Andrews, Daniel; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew (2009)
      Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a panel of 12 developed nations observed for between 22 and 85 years. After 1960, however, a one percentage ...

    • "Way Down in the Hole": Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire 

      Wilson, William Julius; Anmol Chaddha (University of Chicago Press, 2011)
      The Wire is set in a modern American city shaped by economic restructuring and fundamental demographic change that led to widespread job loss and the depopulation of inner-city neighborhoods. While the series can be viewed ...