How Policy Affects Inequality: Examining the Policy Determinants of Income Inequality in the United States, 1967-2016

• In Event: JSS 7
  In JSS Session: Junior Scholar Session: The Politics of Inequality

Brief Overview

This study seeks to understand how policy decisions affect the percentage of income going to the top 1 percent of earners by examining changes in government programs and outcomes focused on health, tax, and crime policy.

Author

• Edward Aaron Childree, Georgia State University