Income inequality in the United States, 1913-1998

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-39

  Piketty, Thomas ^a,b   Saez, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a CEPREMAP   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037331911     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530360535135     Document Type: Review

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