Lessons from the kibbutz on the equality-incentives trade-off

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-208

  Abramitzky, Ran ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951800552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.25.1.185     Document Type: Article

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