Do Labor Market Policies and Growth Fundamentals Matter for Income Inequality in Oecd Countries? : Some Empirical Evidence /

Income distribution may be related to fundamentals affecting economic growth and to labor market policies. Noting that inequality is affected by unemployment. This paper presents a model in which labor market policies affect unemployment which in turn affects inequality. The model also includes the...

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Autor Principal: Van Houdt, Patrick
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/003
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF