| Description |
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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The trend in inequality among families, individuals, and workers in the United States: A twenty-five year perspective / Lynn A. Karoly -- Industrial change and the rising importance of skill / Kevin M. Murphy and Finis Welch -- How much has de-unionization contributed to the rise in male earnings inequality? / Richard B. Freeman -- Family structure, family size, and family income: Accounting for changes in the economic well-being of children, 1968-1986 / Peter Gottschalk and Sheldon Danziger -- Working wives and family income inequality among married couples / Maria Cancian, Sheldon Danziger, and Peter Gottschalk -- Growing inequality in the 1980s: The role of federal taxes and cash transfers / Edward M. Gramlich, Richard Kasten, and Frank Sammartino -- The minimum wage and earnings and income inequality / Michael W. Horrigan and Ronald B. Mincy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- United States.
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Income -- United States.
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Labor market -- United States.
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Tax incidence -- United States.
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Wages -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020 -- 1981-
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140027
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| Author |
Danziger, Sheldon.
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Gottschalk, Peter, 1942-
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| LC no. |
92014233 |
| ISBN |
0871542226 |
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