How the distribution of after-tax income changed over the 1990s business cycle: A comparison of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan

Journal of Income Distribution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-109

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a,d   Oshio, Takashi ^b   Rovba, Ludmila ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^d 125 MVR Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country comparisons; Economic well being; Income inequality; Kernel density estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549092585     PISSN: 09266437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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