Cross-national differences in the rise in earnings inequality: Market and institutional factors

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-501

  Gottschalk, Peter ^a   Joyce, Mary ^a  

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EID: 0040689731     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557672     Document Type: Article

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