Non-anonymous growth incidence curves, income mobility and social welfare dominance

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-627

  Bourguignon, François ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Dominance; Growth; Income mobility; Inequality; Pro poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255141774     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9159-7     Document Type: Article

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