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United States income, wealth, consumption, and inequality
Center for International Policy Exchanges
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
'United States Trends in Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Well-Being' analyzes economic trends, examines income inequality, and discusses what can be done to increase economic mobility today.
The ins and outs of measuring income inequality in the United States / Stephen Rose-- Income and wealth inequality: evidence and policy implications / Emmanuel Saez -- Improving economic opportunity in the United States / Jared Bernstein -- Income growth and its distribution from Eisenhower to Obama: the growing importance of in-kind transfers (1959-2016) / James Elwell, Kevin Corinth, and Ricahrd V. Burkhauser-- Top income shares and the difficulties of using tax data -- / Gerald Auten and David Splinter -- The effects of the movement of women into the workforce on income trends / Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Beila Leboeuf -- Explaining race and gender wage gaps June O'Neill and Dave O'Neill -- The distribution of wealth in America (1983-2013) / John C. Weicher -- Public opinion on inequality Karlyn Bowman and Eleanor O'Neil -- The economics of inequality in high-wage economies / Edward Conrad.
Published in collaboration with the Center for International Policy Exchanges, University of Maryland.
Includes bibliographical references and index.