Affiliation:
1. College de France and London School of Economics
2. University of Chicago, CEPR and NBER
3. Banque de France
4. University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies
5. University of Zurich and CEPR
Abstract
Abstract
In this article, we use cross-state panel and cross-U.S. commuting-zone data to look at the relationship between innovation, top income inequality and social mobility. We find positive correlations between measures of innovation and top income inequality. We also show that the correlations between innovation and broad measures of inequality are not significant. Next, using instrumental variable analysis, we argue that these correlations at least partly reflect a causality from innovation to top income shares. Finally, we show that innovation, particularly by new entrants, is positively associated with social mobility, but less so in local areas with more intense lobbying activities.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Economics and Econometrics
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