Rising earnings inequality in Sweden: The role of composition and prices

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 609-634

  Domeij, David ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Earnings; Inequality; Sweden; United States

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MARKET SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52649131330     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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