Inequality and trust in Sweden: Some inequalities are more harmful than others

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 348-365

  Gustavsson, Magnus ^a   Jordahl, Henrik ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inequality; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549070272     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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