World income inequality in the global era: New estimates, 1990-2008

Social Problems

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-592

  Clark, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Globalization; Mobility; Poverty; World income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255201485     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.4.565     Document Type: Article

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