Earnings dynamics and inequality among Canadian men, 1976-1992: Evidence from longitudinal income tax records

被引：131

作者：

Baker, M ^{[1
]}

Solon, G

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS | 2003年 / 21卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1086/345559

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Using an extraordinary database drawn from longitudinal income tax records, we decompose Canada's growth in earnings inequality into its persistent and transitory components. We find that the growth in earnings inequality reflects both an increase in long-run inequality and an increase in earnings instability. The Canadian data strongly reject several restrictions commonly imposed in the U. S. literature, and they also suggest that imposing these evidently false restrictions may lead to distorted inferences about earnings dynamics and inequality trends.

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页码：289 / 321

页数：33

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