Testing the significance of income distribution changes over the 1980s business cycle: a cross‐national comparison
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199905/06)14:33.0.CO;2-R
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- Burkhauser, Richard V. & Amy Crews Cutts & Mary C. Daly & Stephen P. Jenkins, 1999. "Testing the Significance of Income Distribution Changes over the 1980s Business Cycle: A Cross-National Comparison," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 14(3), pages 253-272, May-June.
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