The U.S. Income Distribution and Mobility : Trends and International Comparisons.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (22 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses data issues related to measuring income and its distribution in the U.S., and addresses empirical literature on development of and explanations for income inequality. Compares U.S. income distribution with distributions of other industrialized countries, and presents explanations for cross-country differences in equality measures. Examines income mobility in the U.S. and other developed nations.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. U.S. Income Distribution and Mobility

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