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dc.contributor.authorBurkhauser, Richard V.en
dc.contributor.authorFeng, Shuaizhangen
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Stephen P.en
dc.contributor.authorLarrimore, Jeffen
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-23-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:03:39Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:03:39Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-200910141061en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35875-
dc.description.abstractAlthough the majority of research on US income inequality trends is based on public-use March CPS data, a new wave of research using IRS tax return data reports substantially higher levels of inequality and faster growing trends. We show that these apparently inconsistent estimates are largely reconciled if the inequality measure and the income distribution are defined in the same way. Using internal CPS data for 1967-2006, we closely match IRS data-based estimates of top income shares reported by Piketty and Saez (2003). Our results imply that any inequality increases since 1993 are concentrated among the top 1 percent of the distribution.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4426en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelC81en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUS income inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordtop income sharesen
dc.subject.keywordMarch CPSen
dc.subject.keywordIRS tax return dataen
dc.subject.stwEinkommensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwDisparitätsmaßen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleRecent trends in top income shares in the USA: reconciling estimates from march CPS and IRS tax return data-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn613243161en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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