Fairness and the changing fortunes of people in Britain

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-128

  Dorling, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equality; Fairness; Fortunes; Inequality; Life chances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871647531     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2012.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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