Assessment of relationship between growth and inequality: Micro evidence from Thailand

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 155-197

  Jeong, Hyeok ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality decomposition; Kuznets curve; Poverty decomposition; TFP growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949095523     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100507070125     Document Type: Article

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