The Kuznets curve and the great u-turn: Income inequality in U.S. counties, 1970 to 1990

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-33

  Nielsen, François ^a   Alderson, Arthur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINI COEFFICIENT; INCOME INEQUALITY; KUZNETS CURVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

USA;

EID: 0030703537     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657450     Document Type: Review

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