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What Income Inequality Measures Can (and Cannot) Tell Us

Leonardo Martinez
Stephen Slivinski

Our Research Focus: Labor Markets

In recent decades, income inequality has increased. But this doesn’t mean that those with lower incomes are relatively worse off.

Bryan, Kevin A., and Leonardo Martinez. “On the Evolution of Income Inequality in the United States.” Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly 94, no. 2 (Spring 2008): 97-120.

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