Increases in family income inequality in the United States have translated into widening
gaps in educational achievement and attainments between children from low-and high …

The distribution of household income grew more unequal in the United States during the
closing decades of the twentieth century. Persistent and growing income inequality is …

Inequality in income, earnings, and wealth has risen dramatically in the United States over
the past three decades. Most research into this issue has focused on the causes—global …

It is now clear that the century-long improvement in educational attainment in the United
States slowed or declined over the same period during which economic inequality …

The increase in family income inequality since the early 1970s is one of the most cited
economic changes during this three-decade period. As family income inequality in-creases …

Income inequality has increased steadily over the past 40 years. We briefly review the
nature and causes of this increase and show that income‐based gaps in children's …

As the incomes of affluent and poor families have diverged over the past three decades, so
too has the educational performance of their children. But how exactly do the forces of rising …

Children of affluent parents get more schooling than children of poor parents, which seems
to imply that reducing income inequality would reduce inequality in schooling. Similarly, one …

Since the 2008 global financial crisis a vigorous and sometimes shrill discussion of rising
economic inequality has permeated public discourse in America, from the Occupy Wall …

Income inequality and the achievement test score gap between high-and low-income
children increased dramatically in the United States beginning in the 1970s. This article …