Relative to what?: Cross-national picture of european poverty measured by regional, national and european standards

European Societies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-145

  Kangas, Olli E ^a   Ritakallio, Veli Matti ^b  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Europe; Income; Income comparisons; Nation state; Poverty; Regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047134476     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690601002632     Document Type: Article

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