Diverse disparities: The politics and economics of wage, market, and disposable income inequalities

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-275

  Beramendi, Pablo ^a   Cusack, Thomas R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic institutions; Inequality; Partisanship; Political economy; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651018250     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908319220     Document Type: Article

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