A Guide to Describing the Income Distribution

Donovan, Sarah A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Economic policy;    Income;    Income distribution;   

RP-ID  :  R43897
RP-ID  :  R43897_2015Feb05

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides descriptive analysis of the U.S. income distribution to illustrate various concepts. First, it examines the complexities of income measurement and important definitional and data considerations to bear in mind when using and interpreting income statistics. Next, it describes two popular data sources used to study the U.S. income distribution, followed by sections on statistics commonly used to provide point-in-time analysis and to compare U.S. income across groups, time, and location. The report concludes with an explanation of the Gini index.