Income Inequality in the 1990s: Re-Forging a Lost Relationship?

Richard Burkhauser, Kenneth Couch, Andrew Houtenvile and Ludmila Rovba
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Andrew Houtenvile: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University

No 2004-11, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using data from March Current Population Surveys we find gains from economic growth over the 1990s business cycle (1989-2000) were more equitably distributed than over the 1980s business cycle (1979-1989) using summary inequality measures as well as kernel density estimations. The entire distribution of household size-adjusted income moved upwards in the 1990s with profound improvements for African Americans, single mothers and those living in households receiving welfare. Most gains occurred over the growth period 1993-2000. Improvements in average income and income inequity over the latter period are reminiscent of gains seen in the first three decades after World War II.

Keywords: income inequality; Gini trends; kernel density estimations; economic well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2004-06
Note: We thank J.S. Butler and Mary C. Daly for their comments on earlier versions of this paper.
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