A simultaneous equation model of economic development and income inequality

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-301

  Fielding, David ^a   Torres, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Social and economic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750145729     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-9016-2     Document Type: Article

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