Do affluent countries: Face an incomes-jobs trade-off?

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1180-1209

  Kenworthy, Lane ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Employment; Incomes; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242635468     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003257647     Document Type: Review

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