Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5062172 Economics Letters 2008 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We compare trends in earnings inequality in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain. Estimation of a heterogeneous growth model of permanent and transitory earnings variation reveals substantial convergence in the permanent component of inequality in these countries during the 1990s.

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Cross-national trends in earnings inequality and instability
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