Inequality trends for Germany in the last two decades: A tale of two countries

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-132

  Fuchs Schündeln, Nicola ^a,b   Krueger, Dirk ^b,c,d   Sommer, Mathias ^e,f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^f MEA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

German reunification; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249085818     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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