In the eye of the beholder: Subjective inequality measures and individuals' assessment of market justice

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-641

  Kuhn, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributional justice; Market justice; Party identification; Subjective inequality measures; Support for the welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053131448     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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