Decomposing the Sources of Earnings Inequality: Assessing the Role of Reallocation

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 779-810

  Andersson, Fredrik ^a   Davis, Elizabeth E ^b   Freedman, Matthew L ^c   Lane, Julia I ^d   Mccall, Brian P ^e   Sandusky, Kristin ^f,g  

^a OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866454364     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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