The changing picture of earnings inequality in britain and the role of regional and sectoral differences

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stewart, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; inequality trends; regional wage differences; sectoral wage differences; wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055109170     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002795011121800103     Document Type: Article

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