Long term trends in earnings inequality: What the CPS can tell us

Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, Shuaizhang Feng, Andrew J. Houtenville

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

28 Scopus citations

Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-299
Number of pages5
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume82
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2004

Keywords

  • Earnings inequality
  • Gini trends
  • Topcoding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Long term trends in earnings inequality: What the CPS can tell us'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this