Growth and income inequality: A canonical model

Economic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-49

  García Peñalosa, Cecilia ^a   Turnovsky, Stephen J ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic labor supply; Endogenous growth; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144483821     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0616-7     Document Type: Article

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