Income distribution in East Asian developing countries: Recent trends

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 36-54

  Zin, Ragayah Haji Mat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; KOREA; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745268455     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2005.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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