Mumbai's mysterious middle class

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 758-775

  Nijman, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845311834     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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