Public Policy, Economic Inequality, and Poverty: The United States in Comparative Perspective

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  title={Public Policy, Economic Inequality, and Poverty: The United States in Comparative Perspective},
  author={Timothy Smeeding},
  journal={Social Science Quarterly},
  year={2005},
  volume={86},
  pages={955-983},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154642286}
}
  • T. Smeeding
  • Published 11 November 2005
  • Economics, Political Science
  • Social Science Quarterly
This article compares recent levels and trends in economic inequality in industrialized nations, largely those belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. We also examine… 
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