Can fiscal redistribution undo skill-biased technical change? Evidence from the French experience

European Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 839-851

  Piketty, Thomas ^a  

^a CEPREMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Job subsidies; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032799372     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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