Long term trends in earnings inequality: What the CPS can tell us
Author
Burkhauser, Richard V.
Butler, J. S.
Feng, Shuaizhang
Houtenville, Andrew J.
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.
Date Issued
2004-02-01
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