Policy implications of new data on income mobility

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 453, 1999, Pages 91-111

  Gardiner, Karen ^a   Hills, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032915416     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00404     Document Type: Article

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