Inequality, income, and poverty: Comparative global evidence

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1432-1446

  Fosu, Augustin Kwasi ^a  

^a United Nations University   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77958573862     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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