Income inequality and redistribution policies in Japan during the 1980s and 1990s

Journal of Income Distribution

Volumn 15, Issue , 2006, Pages 119-146

  Oshio, Takashi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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