GROWTH, STABILITY, BUT WHAT ABOUT EQUITY? REASSESSING INDONESIAN INEQUALITY FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Economic History of Developing Regions

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-104

  Frankema, Ewout ^a   Marks, Daan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indonesia; inequality; Theil index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917291836     PISSN: 20780389     EISSN: 20780397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2010.505007     Document Type: Article

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