Ambition and jealousy: Income interactions in the 'Old' Europe versus the 'New' Europe and the United States

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 299, 2008, Pages 495-513

  Senik, Claudia ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME; MARKET TRANSITION; MOBILITY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48049089345     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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