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Estimating the long-run relationship between income inequality and economic development

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  • Tuomas Malinen, 2012. "Estimating the long-run relationship between income inequality and economic development," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 42(1), pages 209-233, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:42:y:2012:i:1:p:209-233
    DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0432-1
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    EHII2.1; Panel cointegration; Developed and developing economies; C23; O15; O40;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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