Because People's Incomes Vary Over the Life Cycle and Because

question 3

Multiple Choice

Because people's incomes vary over the life cycle and because there are transitory shocks to people's incomes, the standard measures of income distribution

• A) exaggerate the inequality of living standards.
• B) could exaggerate or understate the inequality of living standards depending on whether the transitory shocks are positive or negative.
• C) understate the inequality of living standards.
• D) accurately represent the true inequality of living standards.

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