Consequences of economic inequality: Introduction to a special issue

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-387

  Van de Werfhorst, Herman G ^a   Salverda, Wiemer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GDP; Income inequality; Politics; Social cohesion; Social trust; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870887271     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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