Disparities in Australian regional incomes: Are they widening or narrowing?

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-26

  Cashin, Paul ^a   Strappazzon, Loris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INCOME INEQUALITY; REGIONAL DISPARITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031836330     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00047     Document Type: Article

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