Do Labor Market Policies and Growth Fundamentals Matter for Income Inequality in OECD Countries? Some Empirical Evidence

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-373

  Vanhoudt, Patrick ^a  

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EID: 0004758038     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/3867564     Document Type: Article

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