Level of economic development and income inequality: Evidence from the postwar developed world

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 576-583

  Ram, Rati ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL TRENDS; INCOME INEQUALITY; KUZNETS'S HYPOTHESIS;

EID: 0031397816     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1060869     Document Type: Article

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