The labour market and inequality

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 374-396

  Keating, Michael ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0742287475     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2003.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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