Rising wage inequality in Mexico, 1984-2000: A distributional analysis

Journal of Income Distribution

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 49-67

  Popli, Gurleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changing distribution of skills; Counterfactual distribution; Kernel density estimation; Trade liberalization; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849026720     PISSN: 09266437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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