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Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own?

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  • Veli-Matti Ritakallio
  • Olof Bäckman
  • Johan Fritzell

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  • Veli-Matti Ritakallio & Olof Bäckman & Johan Fritzell, 2011. "Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own?," LIS Working papers 563, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    2. Rostila, Mikael & Kölegård, Maria L. & Fritzell, Johan, 2012. "Income inequality and self-rated health in Stockholm, Sweden: A test of the ‘income inequality hypothesis’ on two levels of aggregation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(7), pages 1091-1098.
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