Rising Family Income Inequality: The Importance of Sorting

Deborah Reed and Maria Cancian ()

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Abstract: This article found that changes in income sorting account for more than half of the increase in family income inequality in the United States over the past three decades.

Keywords: Family Income; Sorting; Family Support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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