Consistent cell means for topcoded incomes in the public use march CPS (1976-2007)

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 89-128

  Larrimore, Jeff ^a   Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Feng, Shuaizhang ^b   Zayatz, Laura ^c  

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

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

And cell means; Current population survey; Earnings; Gini coefficient; Income; Inequality; top coding

Indexed keywords

INCOME; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC ACCESS; SURVEY;

EID: 58149477051     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2008-0299     Document Type: Article

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