Income inequality in the U.S.: The Kuznets hypothesis revisited

Economic Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-144

  Mollick, André Varella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Income shares; Kuznets hypothesis; Progressive taxation; Structural transformation; Top percentile; U shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858442740     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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