Endogenous education policy and increasing income inequality between skilled and unskilled workers

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-326

  Turrini, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D72; Endogenous policy; F10; H52; Inequality; International trade; J31; Public education; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039498269     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(98)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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