using complete data methods. Estimation and inference uses Reiter's (Survey Methodology 2003) formulae. Using Current … Population Survey (CPS) internal data, we find few statistically significant differences in income inequality for pairs of years … ; topcoding ; partially synthetic data ; CPS ; Current Population Survey ; Generalized Beta of the Second Kind distribution …

using complete data methods. Estimation and inference uses Reiter's (Survey Methodology 2003) formulae. Using Current … Population Survey (CPS) internal data, we find few statistically significant differences in income inequality for pairs of years … ; topcoding ; partially synthetic data ; CPS ; current population survey ; generalized beta of the second kind distribution …

survey data (used for official statistics) or tax return data (used in the top incomes literature). We reconcile differences … in variable definitions and combine survey and tax return data in order to take advantage of the much better coverage of … marked increase in income inequality in the early 2000s that survey-based estimates do not reveal, and our conclusions are …