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Robustness to imputation assumptions

Because rising inequality trends in the U.S. are so massive and already visible in survey and tax data, varying the imputation methods for hard-to-observe income categories like capital income does not materially change the headline results.

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Speaker

Gabriel Zucman

Evidence Quote

even small deviations--you know, changing imputations from some capital reserve income doesn't affect these big trends

Source

Gabriel Zucman on Inequality, Growth, and Distributional National AccountsEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:26:44 AM

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