Income distribution, economic growth and European integration

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-292

  García Peñalosa, Cecilia ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Growth; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955852362     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9140-5     Document Type: Article

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