The "new" military and income inequality: A cross national analysis

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 514-526

  Kentor, Jeffrey ^a,b   Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a   Kick, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Brown University   (Spain)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Income inequality; Longitudinal; Military; Political economy; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858285204     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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