Labor income dynamics and the insurance from taxes, transfers, and the family

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-73

  Blundell, Richard ^a,c   Graber, Michael ^a,c,d   Mogstad, Magne ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^d STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Income dynamics; Insurance; Life cycle inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901739929     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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