Economic Development, International Trade, and Income Distribution

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-190

  Yang, Xiaokai ^a   Zhang, Dingsheng ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Dual structure; Economic development; Income distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346958151     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-002-0560-y     Document Type: Article

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