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Issues in economics: are lifetime incomes growing more unequal?: looking at new evidence on family income mobility


Abstract: Since most people judge their well-being by comparison with others, widening inequality of lifetime incomes may threaten our standing as a \"land of opportunity.\"

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Regional Review

Publication Date: 2002

Volume: 12

Issue: Q 4

Pages: 2-5