Trends in income inequality, pro-poor income growth, and income mobility

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-548

  Jenkins, Stephen P ^a   Van Kerm, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPS/INSTEAD ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745378111     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpl014     Document Type: Article

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