Inequality and growth in a panel of countries

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-32

  Barro, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Growth; Inequality; Kuznets curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002729879     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009850119329     Document Type: Article

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