How Pronounced is the U-Curve? Revisiting Income Inequality in the United States, 1917–60

Abstract Piketty and Saez (2003) found a pronounced U-curve pattern of American income inequality since 1917, displaying a precipitous decline during World War II to a level that would hold until 1980. We offer revisions to their income inequality estimates prior to 1960 with three important finding...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Economic journal (London) 2022-10, Vol.132 (647), p.2366-2391
Hauptverfasser:	Geloso, Vincent J, Magness, Phillip, Moore, John, Schlosser, Philip
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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