Does inequality harm the middle class?

Kyklos

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-316

  Winkelmann, Liliana ^a   Winkelmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77954379026     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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