Inequality in Japan

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-109

  Ohtake, Fumio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards income inequality; Gini coefficients; Income inequality; Income mobility; Top income share

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349167980     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3131.2008.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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