Changes in Earnings Inequality: The Role of Demand Shifts

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 41-54

  Johnson, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0002639857     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.2.41     Document Type: Article

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