Welfare states and social inequality: Key issues in contemporary cross-national research on social stratification and mobility

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-351

  Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Social mechanisms; Social mobility; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845981856     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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