Comparing living standards across nations: Real incomes at the top, the bottom, and the middle

What has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 153-183

  Smeeding, Timothy M ^a   Rainwater, Lee ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645801707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845420529.00017     Document Type: Chapter

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