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Income Inequality in the 1990s: Re-Forging a Lost Relationship?

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Richard V. Burkhauser (Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University)
Kenneth A. Couch (Department of Economics, University of Connecticut)
Andrew Houtenville (School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University)
Ludmila Rovba (Department of Econonomics, Cornell University)

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Using data from March Current Population Surveys we find gains from economic growth over the 1990s business cycle (1989-2000) were more equitably distributed than over the 1980s business cycle (1979-1989) using summary inequality measures as well as kernel density estimations. The entire distribution of household size-adjusted income moved upwards in the 1990s with profound improvements for African Americans, single mothers and those living in households receiving welfare. Most gains occurred over the growth period 1993-2000. Improvements in average income and income inequity over the latter period are reminiscent of gains seen in the first three decades after World War II.

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Keywords: income inequality; Gini trends; kernel density estimations; economic well-being;

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  1. Richard V. Burkhauser & Shuaizhang Feng & Stephen P. Jenkins & Jeff Larrimore, 2008. "Estimating Trends in US Income Inequality Using the Current Population Survey: The Importance of Controlling for Censoring," NBER Working Papers 14247, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Richard V. Burkhauser & Takashi Oshio & Ludmila Rovba, 2007. "How the Distribution of After-Tax Income Changed over the 1990s Business Cycle: A Comparison of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan," SOEPpapers 35, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). [Downloadable!]
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