Income distribution in the Latin American Southern Cone during the first globalization boom and beyond

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 452-485

  Bértola, Luis ^a   Castelnovo, Cecilia ^a   Rodríguez, Javier ^a   Willebald, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

First globalization; Income distribution; Institutions; Latin America's Southern Cone; Regional development

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; GLOBALIZATION; GROWTH RATE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT; TERMS OF TRADE;

LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN CONE;

EID: 70350331581     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715209339883     Document Type: Article

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