Inequality and Mobility Using Income, Consumption, and Wealth for the Same Individuals

Jonathan Fisher; David Johnson; Jonathan P. Latner; Timothy Smeeding; Jeffrey Thompson

doi:10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.03

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vol. 2 no. 6 44-58

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.03

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

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2377-8253

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2377-8261

History

Published online October 1, 2016.

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Author Information

Jonathan Fisher^a,
David Johnson^b,
Jonathan P. Latner^c,
Timothy Smeeding^d and
Jeffrey Thompson^e

^aResearch scholar at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University
^bDeputy director of PSID and research professor at the University of Michigan
^cPostdoctoral fellow at Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
^dLee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin
^ePrincipal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Corresponding authors:
David Johnson, (johnsods{at}umich.edu); Jonathan Fisher, (jdfisher{at}stanford.edu); Jonathan P. Latner, (jonlatner{at}gmail.com); Timothy Smeeding, (smeeding{at}lafollette.wisc.edu); Jeffrey Thompson, (Jeffrey.p.thompson{at}frb.gov)

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