The Relativity of Decreasing Inequality Between Countries

Economica

Volumn 81, Issue 322, 2014, Pages 276-292

  Bosmans, Kristof ^a   Decancq, Koen ^b   Decoster, André ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 84895885037     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12059     Document Type: Article

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