Ways to richness: Determination of household wealth in 16 countries

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1134-1148

  Semyonov, Moshe ^a   Lewin Epstein, Noah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84890646596     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jct001     Document Type: Article

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