Accounting for the recent decline in global income inequality

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-312

  Firebaugh, Glenn ^a   Goesling, Brian ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 9544243683     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421541     Document Type: Article

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