Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998 (series updated to 2000 available)
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- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2001-09-10 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2001-09-10 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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