The distribution of income in the UK and OECD countries in the twentieth century

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 56-75

  Atkinson, A B ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OECD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033369123     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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