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Empirical research on economic inequality. Maximilian Kasy, April 7, 2015, Paper. "These are lecture notes for a course on 'Empirical research on economic inequality.' The purpose of this class is twofold. First, to teach you about economic inequality, some of its causes, and how it is affected by policy. Second, to teach you econometric methods that have been used in the literature on economic inequality, which will help prepare you to conduct your own research on this or related topics, perhaps in an undergrad thesis. These lecture notes are intended to accompany the reading of the original articles assigned for this class and listed in section 1.3, rather than serving as a stand-alone textbook..." Link