The Evolution of Income, Consumption, and Leisure Inequality in The US, 1980-2010
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JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2012-04-17 (Business Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2012-04-17 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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