How much should we care about changing income inequality in the course of economic growth?

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 577-585

  Fields, Gary S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Poverty; Pro poor growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547797941     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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