TY - JOUR
T1 - Long term trends in earnings inequality
T2 - What the CPS can tell us
AU - Burkhauser, Richard V.
AU - Butler, J. S.
AU - Feng, Shuaizhang
AU - Houtenville, Andrew J.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - Changes in Current Population Survey (CPS) topcoding rules in the 1990s artificially increased measured earnings inequality. We create a time-consistent CPS data series and compare trends in earnings inequality from 1975 to 2001.
AB - Changes in Current Population Survey (CPS) topcoding rules in the 1990s artificially increased measured earnings inequality. We create a time-consistent CPS data series and compare trends in earnings inequality from 1975 to 2001.
KW - Earnings inequality
KW - Gini trends
KW - Topcoding
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U2 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2003.08.011
DO - 10.1016/j.econlet.2003.08.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0347568303
SN - 0165-1765
VL - 82
SP - 295
EP - 299
JO - Economics Letters
JF - Economics Letters
IS - 2
ER -