美国政府明晰个人收入的政策与实践

The Policies and Experiences of Clarifying Individual Income in the United States

实现社会收入分配的公平和公正是政府的重要政策目标,而"个人收入清晰化"是政府实施收入分配政策、调节收入分配的基础。个人收入清晰化是一个复杂的系统工程。本文以美国为例,介绍了有关个人收入的理论界定、个人收入的计算方法以及美国政府如何通过一系列政策实现了个人收入的清晰化,从而形成了收入再分配政策的微观基础。

To realize the equity and fairness of individual income distribution is an important goal of government policy. And the clarity of individual income is the micro - foundation for government to implement the income distribution policy and to adjust the structure of income distribution. The clarity of individual income is a complex and systematic project. This article introduces the definition and the calculation methods of individual income in the U.S. and how the U.S. government utilizes a series of policies to realize the clarity of personal income.