Determinants of Subjective Social Status in South Africa
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Social and economic stratification; Equity; justice; inequality; and other normative criteria and measurement; Sociology of economics;All these keywords.
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- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
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