Does income inequality raise aggregate saving?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 417-446

  Schmidt Hebbel, Klaus ^a   Servén, Luis ^b  

^a CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Inequality; Saving

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SAVINGS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0034092534     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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