On the welfare consequences of the increase in inequality in the United States

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 83-121

  Krueger, Dirk ^a,b,c   Perri, Fabrizio ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

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EID: 21244446575     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.18.3585248     Document Type: Article

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