Data on Distribution of Wealth in the United States: Hearings Before the Task Force on Distributive Impacts of Budget and Economic Policies of the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, September 26 and 29, 1977 |
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... survey ; there is some work going on in social security , and some going on at HEW , but those are relatively minor efforts . There is also work at the Internal Revenue Service done from time to time in the same spirit 10.
... survey ; there is some work going on in social security , and some going on at HEW , but those are relatively minor efforts . There is also work at the Internal Revenue Service done from time to time in the same spirit 10.
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... Internal Revenue Service . What can be done to increase our knowledge of wealth ? I would say that the major thing that needs to be done is to support efforts to im- prove our ability to measure , and the kinds of things that we should ...
... Internal Revenue Service . What can be done to increase our knowledge of wealth ? I would say that the major thing that needs to be done is to support efforts to im- prove our ability to measure , and the kinds of things that we should ...
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... internal inflation , inflation internally , generated in the society , is really a distributional phenomenon . Some people are in the process of getting wealthy - it may be a question of income or wealth -— and others are in the process ...
... internal inflation , inflation internally , generated in the society , is really a distributional phenomenon . Some people are in the process of getting wealthy - it may be a question of income or wealth -— and others are in the process ...
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... Internal Revenue Service draw a sample which heavily over- samples those upper levels , at least which has been done before , and in order to improve the precision of those estimates we really need to know the rate at which the various ...
... Internal Revenue Service draw a sample which heavily over- samples those upper levels , at least which has been done before , and in order to improve the precision of those estimates we really need to know the rate at which the various ...
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... Internal Revenue Service obviously needs it . Congress in making all kinds of other policy , including tariff policy , may need it . The Federal Reserve Board needs it in dealing with monetary policy ; and there is no par- ticular one ...
... Internal Revenue Service obviously needs it . Congress in making all kinds of other policy , including tariff policy , may need it . The Federal Reserve Board needs it in dealing with monetary policy ; and there is no par- ticular one ...
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accumulated administrative agencies aggregate analysis benefits Budget Bureau of Economic capital formation Census Census Bureau Committee concerning confidentiality CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Consumer Expenditure Survey consumer expenditures consumption data collection disclosure distribution of wealth DUNCAN equity estate tax returns estimates Expenditure Survey Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve System Federal statistical files financial assets FOIA FRASER growth Health Statistics housing identifiable data impact important income distribution income tax increase individual inflation informed consent Internal Revenue Service investment Jack Carlson liabilities LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MCCLUNG measurement ment microdata MORGAN National output pension rights personal income population problems PROJECTOR protection purposes questions recent records research data respondents retirement sample sector Simon Kuznets Smith social security sources statistical and research statistical or research sumer tangible assets tion transfer wealth data wealth distribution wealth holders
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Page 78 - (2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; "(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld...
Page 81 - ... (2) make any publication whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual under this title can be identified; or (3) permit anyone other than the sworn officers and employees of the Department or Bureau or agency thereof to examine the individual reports.