Explaining macro-regional trends in global income inequalities, 1950-2000

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-115

  Mann, Michael ^a   Riley, Dylan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Income; Inequality; Welfare state; World regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846537282     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl017     Document Type: Article

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