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Income Inequity and Income Inequality

By: Ethan Rouen and Akari Furukawa
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:19
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Abstract

This research note provides an understanding of income inequity, which is a component of broader income inequality. It begins by describing the difference between inequality and inequity before examining inequity within the workplace. Using the firm as the unit of analysis, the note discusses possible causes of inequity and the challenges of identifying and measuring inequity. It concludes by focusing on attempts to address inequity and discussing academic research that examines the impact of addressing inequity.

Keywords

Income Inequity; Income; Equality and Inequality

Citation

Rouen, Ethan, and Akari Furukawa. "Income Inequity and Income Inequality." Harvard Business School Background Note 120-062, December 2019. (Revised October 2020.)
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Ethan C. Rouen

Accounting and Management
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