The one percent: Top incomes and wealth in sociological research

Social Currents

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-24

  Keister, Lisa A ^a   Lee, Hang Young ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender, and class; Inequality; Poverty and mobility; Race; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006723077     PISSN: 23294965     EISSN: 23294973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329496513510900     Document Type: Article

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