Income inequality trends and their challenges to redistribution policies in Japan

Journal of Income Distribution

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 9-30

  Fukawa, Tetsuo ^a   Oshio, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Income redistribution; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349018861     PISSN: 09266437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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