Labour market institutions and income inequality

Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 56, 2008, Pages 601-649

  Checchi, Daniele ^a,b   García Peñalosa, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53149125158     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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