?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F34985%2F&rft.title=Inequalities%3A+Income%2C+Wealth+and+consumption&rft.creator=Boyer%2C+Marcel&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=I+consider+as+misplaced+the+current+emphasis+on+income+and+wealth+inequalities+as+compared+to+the+socially+more+relevant+consumption+inequalities%2C+which+have+been+significantly+reduced+over+the+last+decades+and+most+likely+for+a+much+longer+period+of+time.+One+important+factor+has+been+the+development+of+social+transfers+in+kind+which+add+significant+resources+to+the+lowest+income+quintile+as+compared+to+the+highest+quintile.+I+present+the+main+characteristics+of+developments+of+income+and+wealth+inequalities+over+time+(since+1920)%3A+The+share+of+the+top+1%25+of+earners+followed+a+downward+trend+until+the+1970-79+decade%2C+and+an+upward+trend+afterwards%2C+reaching%0D%0Ain+the+2010-19+decade+a+level+similar+to+that+of+the+1920-29+decade.+The+share+of+the+top+10%25+of+earners+followed+a+similar+movement.+The+same+picture+is+observed+for+wealth+inequality.+Similar+increases+in+income+inequality+over+the+last+four+decades+are+also+observed+in+music+and+sports.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2020-05&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F34985%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1105.pdf&rft.identifier=++Boyer%2C+Marcel+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F121383830%3E++(2020)+Inequalities%3A+Income%2C+Wealth+and+consumption.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+20-1105%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tse-fr.eu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FTSE%2Fdocuments%2Fdoc%2Fwp%2F2020%2Fwp_tse_1105.pdf&rft.language=en