Polarization and the decline of the middle class: Canada and the U.S
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- James Foster, Michael C. Wolfson, 2009. "Polarization and the Decline of the Middle Class: Canada and the US," OPHI Working Papers 31, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
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Income distribution; Polarization; Spread; Bipolarity; Inequality; Lorenz curve; Gini coefficient; Middle class; Canada; United States;All these keywords.
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