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The Scale of Inequality and the Specifics of Its Perception in Modern Russia

Belekhova G.V.

Volume 16, Issue 1, 2023

Belekhova G.V. (2023). The scale of inequality and the specifics of its perception in modern Russia. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 16(1), 164–185. DOI: 10.15838/esc.2023.1.85.9

DOI: 10.15838/esc.2023.1.85.9

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