Earnings, income, and wealth inequality in Japan: a long-term perspective, 1984–2019
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Keywords
Income inequality; Earnings inequality; Distributions of wealth; Demographic aging; Japanese economy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D15 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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