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

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

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:Economics letters 2004-02, Vol.82 (2), p.295-299
Hauptverfasser: Burkhauser, Richard V., Butler, J.S., Feng, Shuaizhang, Houtenville, Andrew J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Data analysis
Earnings
Earnings inequality
Economics
Gini trends
Households
Inequality
Surveys
Time series
Topcoding
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2003.08.011