Spain is different: Falling trends of inequality

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-178

  Pijoan Mas, Josep ^a,b   Sánchez Marcos, Virginia ^b,c  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

^b CEPR ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumption inequality; Income inequality; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249098139     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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