Rewealthization in twenty-first century Western countries: the defining trend of the socioeconomic squeeze of the middle class
Abstract The wealth-to-income ratio (WIR) in many Western countries, particularly in Europe and North America, increased by a factor of two in the last three decades. This represents a defining empirical trend: a rewealthization (from the French repatrimonialisation)—or the comeback of (inherited) w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-01-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Chinese Sociology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-020-00135-6 |