Atlanta Fed blog links inequality to rising education

Education accounts for around 61% of increase in Gini coefficient

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The growth in education in the United States accounted for about 61% of the growth in inequality between 1994 and 2013, according to a piece of economic commentary published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

In The Implications of Flat or Declining Real Wages for Inequality, Julie Hotchkiss and Fernando Rios-Avila find that inequality has been growing in the US, demonstrated by the rising value of the Gini coefficient over time.

This can largely be attributed to the growth in education

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