Cross-national trends in earnings inequality and instability

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 2
Pages: 215-219

Authors (2)

Daly, Mary C. (Federal Reserve Bank of San Fr...) Valletta, Robert G. (Institute of Labor Economics (...)

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Abstract

We compare trends in earnings inequality in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain. Estimation of a heterogeneous growth model of permanent and transitory earnings variation reveals substantial convergence in the permanent component of inequality in these countries during the 1990s.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:215-219
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25