Inequality and poverty in United States: The effects of rising dispersion of men's earnings and changing family behaviour

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 289, 2006, Pages 75-98

  Daly, Mary C ^a   Valletta, Robert G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646561544     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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