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Income Inequality, Mobility, and Turnover at the Top in the US, 1987-2010.

While cross-sectional data show increasing income inequality in the United States, it is also important to examine how incomes change over time. Using income tax data, this paper provides new evidence on long-term and intergenerational mobility, and persistence at the top of the income distribution....

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Published in:American Economic Review Vol. 103; no. 3; pp. 168 - 173
Main Authors: Auten, Gerald, Gee, Geoffrey, Turner, Nicholas
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association May2013
Subjects:
United States
Income inequality
Income gap
Social mobility
Intergenerational mobility
Class differences
Rich people
Cohort analysis
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