Trends in Income Inequality

The Impact Of, and Implications For, Tax Policy

Lynn A. Karoly

ResearchPosted on rand.org 1994Published in: Tax Progressivity and Income Inequality / Edited by Joel Slemrod (Cambridge England ; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), Chapter 4, p. 95-129

This chapter is an essay on tax progressivity--how the tax burden is borne across income classes--and how the tax system affects the inequality of income.

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  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 1994
  • Pages: 19
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-199400-05

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