New ways of looking at old issues: Inequality and growth

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 259-287

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Squire, Lyn ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assets; Distribution; Growth; Income; Inequality; Kuznets; Land; Poverty

Indexed keywords

INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 0032464748     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00099-6     Document Type: Article

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