"Income Inequality in the United States, 1975-2022" - Dr. Bradley Hardy
Household Finance Seminar Series - Nancy Nicholas Hall Room 1199 (Wisconsin Idea Room)
Event Details
Date
Monday, March 17, 2025
Time
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Location
1199 Nancy Nicholas Hall
Description
We examine trends in household disposable income inequality and potential mechanisms shaping inequality through changes to work, wages, earnings, marriage, and the tax and transfer system in the United States over the nearly five-decade period from 1975 to 2022. Overall after-tax and transfer income inequality increased more than 25 per cent since the mid-1970s, and by as much as 50 per cent when comparing the 90th and 10th percentiles.
Cost
Free
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email householdfinanceseminar@sohe.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.