Coping with technological change: The role of ability in making inequality so persistent

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-346

  Rubinstein, Yona ^a,b   Tsiddon, Daniel ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability; Human capital; Income distribution; Intergenerational mobility; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042613909     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEG.0000038934.67250.b3     Document Type: Article

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