Legitimacy Moderates the Relation Between Perceived and Ideal Economic Inequalities

Social Justice Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 493-508

  Willis, Guillermo B ^a   Rodríguez Bailón, Rosa ^a   López Rodríguez, Lucía ^b   García Sánchez, Efraín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic inequality; Income inequality; Legitimacy; Pay gap; System justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948584962     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-015-0253-7     Document Type: Article

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