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1、EconomicGrowthandIncomeInequalitySimonKuznetsTheAmericanEconomicReview,Vol.45,No.1.(Mar.,1955),pp.1-28.StableURL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8282%28195503%2945%3A1%3C1%3AEGAII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-YTheAmericanEconomicReviewiscurrentlypublishedbyAmericanEconomicAssociation.Youruseofth
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6、NEQUALITY*BySIMONKUZNETSThecentralthemeofthispaperisthecharacterandcausesoflong-termchangesinthepersonaldistributionofincome.Doesinequalityinthedistributionofincomeincreaseordecreaseinthecourseofacountry'seconomicgrowth?Whatfactorsdeterminethesecularlevelandtrendsofincomeinequalities?T
7、hesearebroadquestionsinafieldofstudythathasbeenplaguedbyloosenessindefinitions,unusualscarcityofdata,andpressuresofstronglyheldopinions.Whilewecannotcompletelyavoidtheresultingdifficulties,itmayhelptospecifythecharacteristicsofthesize-of-incomedistributionsthatwewanttoexamineandthemo