Recent changes in earnings distributions in the United States: Age and cohort effects

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 14-29

  Utendorf, Kelvin R ^a  

^a NONE

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

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