The inequality footprints of nations: A novel approach to quantitative accounting of income inequality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Alsamawi, Ali ^a   Murray, Joy ^a   Lenzen, Manfred ^a   Moran, Daniel ^b   Kanemoto, Keiichiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84908538420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110881     Document Type: Article

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