The Reversal of Fortune Thesis Reconsidered
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- Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay & Elliott Green, 2011. "The Reversal of Fortune Thesis Reconsidered," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(7), pages 817-831, December.
- Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra & Green, Elliott D., 2010. "The reversal of fortune thesis reconsidered," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 41260, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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income distribution; population density; Reversal of Fortune; urbanization.;All these keywords.
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- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
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