The rising instability of U.S. earnings

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3-24

  Gottschalk, Peter ^a   Moffitt, Robert ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 75749127461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.23.4.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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