Welfare implications of factor taxation with rising wage inequality

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 408-428

  Blankenau, William F ^a   Ingram, Beth F ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous Agents; Skilled Wage Premium; Welfare Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035998629     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100500000328     Document Type: Review

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