Income inequality, development, and dependence: A reconsideration

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 606-631

  Alderson, Arthur S ^b   Nielsen, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; POVERTY;

EID: 0032710014     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657259     Document Type: Article

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