Structural Transformation, Income Inequality and Government Expenditure: Evidence from International Panel Data
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Keywords
Asian Countries; Fiscal policy; government spending; inequality; structural change;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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