Erratum to: Labor market institutions and income inequality: An empirical exploration (Public Choice, (2009), 138, (65-81), 10.1007/s11127-008-9339-1);Labor market institutions and income inequality: An empirical exploration

Public Choice

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 65-81

  Calderón, César ^a   Chong, Alberto ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

GMM IV; Income inequality; Labor laws; Long run; Regulation; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084325     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9789-8     Document Type: Erratum

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