From needs to the market the changing inequality of household income in the Czech transition

European Societies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-212

  Večerník, Jiří ^a  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Household Income; Income Inequality; Market Adjustment; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346205072     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690120054320     Document Type: Article

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