The Effect of Self-Employment on Income Inequality
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- Stefan Schneck, 2018. "The Effect of Self-Employment on Income Inequality," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 999, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Schneck, Stefan, 2018. "The effect of self-employment on income inequality," Working Papers 05/18, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.
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income; earnings inequality; self-employment;All these keywords.
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- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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