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

Jonathan Fisher, David Johnson, Jonathan P. Latner, Timothy Smeeding, Jeffrey Thompson
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2016, 2 (6) 44-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.03
Jonathan Fisher
aResearch scholar at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University
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David Johnson
bDeputy director of PSID and research professor at the University of Michigan
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Jonathan P. Latner
cPostdoctoral fellow at Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
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Timothy Smeeding
dLee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin
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ePrincipal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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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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2377-8253
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  • Published online October 1, 2016.

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Copyright © 2016 by Russell Sage Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Reproduction by the United States Government in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose. The views expressed in this research, including those related to statistical, methodological, technical, or operational issues, are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official positions or policies of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Stanford University, University of Michigan or the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The authors thank the Russell Sage Foundation and the Washington Center for Economic Growth for their support. All errors of commission and omission are the responsibility of the authors alone. Direct correspondence to: David Johnson at johnsods@umich.edu, 426 Thompson St., Room 3234, Ann Arbor, MI 48106; Jonathan Fisher at jdfisher@stanford.edu; Jonathan P. Latner at jonlatner@gmail.com; Timothy Smeeding at smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu; and Jeffrey Thompson at Jeffrey.p.thompson@frb.gov. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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  1. Jonathan Fishera,
  2. David Johnsonb,
  3. Jonathan P. Latnerc,
  4. Timothy Smeedingd and
  5. Jeffrey Thompsone
  1. aResearch scholar at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University
  2. bDeputy director of PSID and research professor at the University of Michigan
  3. cPostdoctoral fellow at Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
  4. dLee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin
  5. ePrincipal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  1. 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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