Income Distribution
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The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2013
June 8, 2016In 2013, households in the top, middle, and bottom income quintiles received 53, 14, and 5 percent, respectively, of the nation’s before-tax income and paid 69, 9, and 1 percent, respectively, of federal taxes.
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The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2011
November 12, 2014In 2011, households in the top, middle, and bottom quintiles received 52, 14, and 5 percent of the nation’s before-tax income, respectively; the shares of federal taxes paid by those households were 69, 9, and 1 percent.
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The Effects of a Minimum-Wage Increase on Employment and Family Income
February 18, 2014Raising the minimum wage would increase family income for many low-wage workers, moving some of them out of poverty. But some jobs for low-wage workers would probably be eliminated and the income of those workers would fall substantially.
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The Distribution of Major Tax Expenditures in the Individual Income Tax System
May 29, 2013In 2013, the benefits of 10 of the largest tax expenditures will equal 11.7 percent of income for households in the lowest income quintile, 9.4 percent for the highest quintile, and under 8 percent for the middle quintiles, CBO estimates.
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Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007
October 25, 2011CBO finds that, between 1979 and 2007, income grew by: 275 percent for the top 1 percent of households; 65 percent for the next 19 percent; just under 40 percent for the next 60 percent; and 18 percent for the bottom 20 percent.
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Changes in the Distribution of Workers' Hourly Wages Between 1979 and 2009
February 16, 2011This study documents changes in the level and distribution of hourly wages in the United States between 1979 and 2009. It also reviews the research literature on important factors that most likely underlie the observed trends in wages.
