The emerging aversion to inequality

Economics of Transition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Grosfeld, Irena ^a   Senik, Claudia ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Breakpoint; Growth; Inequality; Subjective well being; Transition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET TRANSITION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 70949096863     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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