Income inequality and solidarity in Europe

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-432

  Paskov, Marii ^a   Dewilde, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; Income inequality; Social distance; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870881440     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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