The US has exceptionally high inequality of disposable household income (i.e., income after accounting for taxes and transfers). Among working-age households (those with no persons over age 60), that high level of inequality is caused by a high level of market income inequality (i.e., income...

The paper uses the flexibility of household survey data to align their income categories and recipient units with the income categories and units found in data produced by tax authorities. Our analyses, based on a standardized definition of fiscal income, allow us to locate, for top-income...

The paper uses the flexibility of household survey data to align their income categories and recipient units with the income categories and units found in data produced by tax authorities. Our analyses, based on a standardized definition of fiscal income, allow us to locate, for top-income...

The US has exceptionally high inequality of disposable household income (i.e., income after accounting for taxes and transfers). Among working-age households (those with no persons over age 60), that high level of inequality is caused by a high level of market income inequality (i.e., income...