Income distribution and the process of development

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 706-712

  Galor, Oded ^a,b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Growth; Human capital; Income distributions

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034045713     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00039-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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