Inequality of Opportunity in Wages and Consumption in Egypt

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 64, Issue , 2018, Pages S26-S54

  Assaad, Ragui ^a   Krafft, Caroline ^a   Roemer, John ^a   Salehi Isfahani, Djavad ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption; Egypt; inequality of opportunity; wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016434432     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12289     Document Type: Article

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