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Cross-national trends in earnings inequality and instability

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  • Daly, Mary C.
  • Valletta, Robert G.

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We compare trends in earnings inequality in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain. Estimation of a heterogeneous growth model of permanent and transitory earnings variation reveals substantial convergence in the permanent component of inequality in these countries during the 1990s.

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  • Daly, Mary C. & Valletta, Robert G., 2008. "Cross-national trends in earnings inequality and instability," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 99(2), pages 215-219, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:215-219
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