Issues in economics: are lifetime incomes growing more unequal?: looking at new evidence on family income mobility

Katharine Bradbury and Jane Katz

Regional Review, 2002, vol. 12, issue Q 4, 2-5

Abstract: Since most people judge their well-being by comparison with others, widening inequality of lifetime incomes may threaten our standing as a \"land of opportunity.\"

Keywords: Cost and standard of living; Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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