Using the P90/P10 index to measure U.S. inequality trends with current population survey data: A view from inside the census bureau vaults

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-185

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Feng, Shuaizhang ^b   Jenkins, Stephen P ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60449106375     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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