Long-run earnings inequality and earnings instability among Canadian men revisited, 1985-2005

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ostrovsky, Yuri ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; Earnings instability; GMM; Income distribution; Permanent transitory decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950544210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2378     Document Type: Article

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