Mining activity, income inequality and gender in regional Australia

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-313

  Reeson, Andrew F ^a   Measham, Thomas G ^a   Hosking, Karin ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equity; Gini coefficient; Kuznets curve; Regional development; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EQUITY; GENDER RELATIONS; INCOME; KUZNETS CURVE; MINING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859068663     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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