Income inequality: The implications of economic structure and social conditions

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Albrecht, Don E ^a   Albrecht, Carol Mulford ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847018907     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170601118153     Document Type: Article

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