It has recently been argued that the U.S. size distribution of income follows a pure random walk. Further testing shows that this result is not robust, questioning the conclusion that public policies shift the distribution of income in only a random fashion. It does not follow from the time...

The actual influence of working wives on the distribution of earnings is an empirical question. Using a large sample of husbands and wives from the US Current Population Survey (March CPS) public use micro data we investigate the impact of increased labor market activity by married women on...