Standardizing the world income inequality database

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-242

  Solt, Frederick ^a,b  

^a Southern Illinois University   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64649093192     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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