The unequal distribution of the public-private sector wage gap in Greece: Evidence from quantile regression

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-210

  Papapetrou, Evangelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645130482     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500393063     Document Type: Article

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