Recent Changes in Earnings Distributions in the United States

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 12-28

  Utendorf, Kelvin R ^a  

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ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

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