Mexico in the 1990s: The Main Cross-Sectional Facts

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 238-264

  Binelli, Chiara ^a,b   Attanasio, Orazio ^c,d  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RCEA ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Informality; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249112368     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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