Growth and income distribution in Malaysia

International Labour Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 552-575

  Lucas, Robert E B ^a   Verry, Donald W ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EQUALITY; ETHNICITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEW ECONOMIC POLICY; POLICY IMPACT; STATE ROLE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0030423245     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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