Income distribution in discrete hours behavioural microsimulation models: An illustration

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-76

  Creedy, John ^a   Kalb, Guyonne ^b   Scutella, Rosanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 33746915065     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-9006-4     Document Type: Article

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