Class structure and economic inequality

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1381-1406

  Wolff, Edward N ^a,b   Zacharias, Ajit ^a  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class analysis; Inequality; Living standards

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887009511     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet026     Document Type: Article

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