Functional distribution, personal income inequality, and top shares of income: do social classes still matter?
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Income inequality; Functional income distribution; Personal income distribution; Social classes; Top shares of income;All these keywords.
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- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
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