A theory of persistent income inequality.

DOI10.1007/BF00163343zbMath1038.91535MaRDI QIDQ5927678

Steven N. Durlauf

Publication date: 1996

Published in: Journal of Economic Growth (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

human capital investment; neighborhood choice; spillovers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91D10: Models of societies, social and urban evolution

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