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A Note on New Estimates of the Distribution of Income in the 1920s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

Gene Smiley
Gene Smiley
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Department of Economics, Marquette University, P. O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201–1881. Phone (414) 288–5664. E-mail: smiley@mail.busadm.mu.edu.
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , December 2000 , pp. 1120 - 1128
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 2000

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