Cheap home goods and persistent inequality

Economic Theory

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-451

  Alexopoulos, Joanna ^a   de V Cavalcanti, Tiago V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Home goods; Persistent inequality; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958456209     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-009-0495-4     Document Type: Article

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