How does racial diversity raise income inequality

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-26

  Meisenberg, Gerhard ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Big government; Gini index; Income inequality; Intelligence; PISA; Racial diversity; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849128471     PISSN: 0278839X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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