Labour market institutions and the personal distribution of income in the OECD

Economica

Volumn 77, Issue 307, 2010, Pages 413-450

  Checchi, Daniele ^a   García Ieñalosa, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; OECD; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WAGE GAP;

EID: 77955245740     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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