Supply and demand, allocation and wage inequality: An international comparison

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1073-1088

  Dupuy, Arnaud ^a   Borghans, Lex ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR SUPPLY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 21244493517     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500076671     Document Type: Article

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