Income inequality and participation: A comparison of 24 European countries

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1166-1178

  Lancee, Bram ^a,b   Van de Werfhorst, Herman G ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Europe; Income; Inequality; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863113071     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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