Which Inequality? The inequality of endowments versus the inequality of rewards

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 106-137

  Hopkins, Ed ^a   Kornienko, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85017182058     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.2.3.106     Document Type: Article

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