The limits of equality: Insights from the Israeli kibbutz

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1111-1159

  Abramitzky, Ran ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49449095800     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1111     Document Type: Review

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