Sorting and long-run inequality

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1305-1341

  Fernández, Raquel ^a   Rogerson, Richard ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035613157     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355301753265589     Document Type: Article

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