Accounting for the U.S. earnings and wealth inequality

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 818-857

  Castaneda, Ana ^a   Díaz Giménez, Javier ^b   Ríos Rull, José Víctor ^c  

^a BNP PARIBAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141925323     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375382     Document Type: Article

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