World income distribution: Which way?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1-32

  Svedberg, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; WAGE GAP;

EID: 3242673661     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022038042000218125     Document Type: Article

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