In defense of inequality

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Welch, Finis ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003153805     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.1     Document Type: Article

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