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Atkinson, A.B.
Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2008 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953243-8 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532438.003.0002 |
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This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the overall theme of this book, which is the distribution of individual earnings or household income. Specifically, the book examines changes in earnings differences or dispersion over time. The interest in this topic is largely attributed to rise in earnings dispersion in the US since the 1980s.
Keywords: earnings, household income, income distribution, rise in earnings,
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532438.003.0002
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Introduction: What This Lecture Is About
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