The Distribution of Top Earnings in the UK since the Second World War

Economica

Volumn 78, Issue 311, 2011, Pages 440-459

  Atkinson, A B ^a   Voitchovsky, S ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; POST-WAR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958296649     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2010.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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