Trade globalization and national income inequality - Are they related?

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-30

  Babones, Salvatore J ^a   Vonada, Dorian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Inequality; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749133521     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783308099984     Document Type: Article

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