The Origins of Inequality: Mechanisms, Models, Policy
- ISBN-10
- 3030931897
- ISBN-13
- 9783030931896
- Category
- Political Science
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Author
- Per Molander
Description
This book presents a unified approach to the problem of inequality, combining results from a variety of research fields the human life cycle, group dynamics, networks, markets, and economic geography.
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- 2017-04-05T00:00:00+02:00
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