Has the Income Share of the Middle and Upper-middle Been Stable around the '50/50 Rule', or Has it Converged towards that Level? The 'Palma Ratio' Revisited

Development and Change

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1416-1448

  Palma, José Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911961800     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12133     Document Type: Article

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