00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861817089 Buklod 20230619085743.0 j|||||||||||||| | ta 160621s1987 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00008224605 BAG rda eng Circulation-Monograph Levy, Frank author. Changes in the distribution of American family incomes, 1947 to 1984 Frank Levy. 1987. pages 923-927 illustrations 28 cm Photocopy. Includes bibliographical references (page 927). The American family income distribution now lies at the center of several controversies. Some observers argue that the American middle class is vanishing, but U.S. census income statistics show income inequality has not changed appreciably since 1947. A second controversy involves whether average living standards have risen or fallen since the major oil price increase of 1973-74. These controversies can be partially resolved by understanding the sharp slowdown in the growth of workers' wages which occurred after 1973 and the demographic trends which kept per capita living standards rising despite stagnant wages, including more working women and low birthrates. Income. Socioeconomic factors. Economics America, North. Economic conditions America, North. Science (22 May 1987) : pages 923-927. Vol. 236, No. 4804. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN Circulation-Monograph Analytics