Income inequality and poverty: Do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own?

Changing Social Equality: The Nordic Welfare Model in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 165-185

  Fritzell, Johan ^a,b   Bäckman, Olof ^c   Ritakallio, Veli Matti ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Futures Studies Stockholm   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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