Income inequality in the 1990s: Re-forging a lost relationship?

Journal of Income Distribution

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 8-35

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Couch, Kenneth A ^b   Houtenville, Andrew ^a   Rovba, Ludmila ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic Well Being; Gini Trends; Income Inequality; Kernel Density Estimations

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444403995     PISSN: 09266437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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