Economic development, income inequality, and preferences for redistribution1

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 315-334

  Dion, Michelle L ^a   Birchfield, Vicki ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE GAP; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 77954576640     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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