More inequality, less social mobility

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1489-1492

  Andrews, Dan ^a   Leigh, Andrew ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MOBILITY; OCCUPATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE GAP;

EID: 70350164930     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701720197     Document Type: Article

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