Earnings mobility and long-run inequality: An analysis using matched CPS data

Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-196

  Gittleman, Maury ^a   Joyce, Mary ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 0001159317     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.1996.tb00401.x     Document Type: Article

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