Consumption Inequality

被引：149

作者：

Attanasio, Orazio P. ^{[1
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Pistaferri, Luigi ^{[3
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机构：

[1] UCL, Econ, London, England

[2] Inst Fiscal Studies, London, England

[3] Stanford Univ, Econ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[4] Stanford Univ, Stanford Inst Econ Policy Res, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[5] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[6] Ctr Econ Policy Res, London SW1Y 6LA, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES | 2016年 / 30卷 / 02期

关键词：

INCOME; EARNINGS; ALLOCATION;

D O I：

10.1257/jep.30.2.3

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In this essay, we discuss the importance of consumption inequality in the debate concerning the measurement of disparities in economic well-being. We summarize the advantages and disadvantages of using consumption as opposed to income for measuring trends in economic well-being. We critically evaluate the available evidence on these trends, and in particular discuss how the literature has evolved in its assessment of whether consumption inequality has grown as much as or less than income inequality. We provide some novel evidence on three relatively unexplored themes: inequality in different spending components, inequality in leisure time, and intergenerational consumption mobility.

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