The Distribution of Earnings and Human Wealth in Cycle Context
The purpose of this paper is to outline a set of conditions under which human wealth is an index of well-being in a life cycle as prefatory to empirical estimates earnings and human wealth distributions for the1960 Census population.
Published Versions
Lee A. Lillard, 1977. "The Distribution of Earnings and Human Wealth in a Life-Cycle Context," NBER Chapters, in: Distribution of Economic Well-Being, pages 557-620 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Lillard, Lee A. "Inequality: Earnings Vs. Human Wealth," American Economic Review, 1977, v67(2), 42-53.
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