Is finance responsible for the rise in wage inequality in France?

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 447-470

  Godechot, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE MAURICE HALBWACHS   (France)

Author keywords

Finance; France; Inequality; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863865822     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mws003     Document Type: Article

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