Income Inequality, Equal Opportunity, and Attitudes About Redistribution

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 444-464

  Steele, Liza G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84929619479     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12145     Document Type: Article

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