Earnings inequality in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 72, Issue 216, 1996, Pages 7-23

  Borland, Jeff ^a,b   Wilkins, Roger ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS INEQUALITY; GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030436020     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1996.tb02605.x     Document Type: Article

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