Income mobility in the United States: New evidence from income tax data

National Tax Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-328

  Auten, Gerald ^a   Gee, Geoffrey ^a  

^a Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

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EID: 79960522764     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2009.2.05     Document Type: Article

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