Prof. Dr. Louis Chauvel

Full professor of Sociology

Sujets de recherche Birth cohorts, Social inequality, Aging, Mortality, Individual and Social Health
Faculté ou Centre Faculté des Sciences Humaines, des Sciences de l'Éducation et des Sciences Sociales​
Department Département Sciences sociales
Adresse postale Université du Luxembourg
Maison des Sciences Humaines
11, Porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
Bureau sur le campus MSH, E04 25-260
E-mail
Téléphone (+352) 46 66 44 9618

Louis Chauvel was appointed Professor of Sociology at the Université du Luxembourg in July 2012 as part of the PEARL programme. He was full professor at Sciences Po between 2005-2012 and an Honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF 2003). He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Lille in 1997 and his Habilitation at Sciences Po Paris in 2003. He was Invited Fellow at Berkeley in 2000 and Invited Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York in 2011-2012.

His research topics are Social Inequalities and Public Policies, Social Change, Social Stratification and Mobility, Advanced Methodology of social sciences and population studies. His research mainly focuses on social welfare, income and wealth and social change in a comparative perspective. He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association since 2006, was the former General Secretary of the European Sociological Association (2005-7), and the former Treasurer of the French sociological association (AFS) (2002-6). He is a Member of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) and was chair of the research network “Classes, inequalities, fragmentations” of the AFS.

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Positions

  • Full Professor of sociology at University of Luxembourg FNR-PEARL Professor of Social Inequality
  • Invited Professor of sociology at Columbia University in the City of New York (2011-2012)
  • Full Professor of sociology at Institut d’Etudes Politiques (“Sciences Po”) de Paris 2005-2012 and Director of the Graduate studies in sociology at the Sciences Po Doctoral School (2008-2011). Before: Lecturer 1998-2005 (Sciences-Po Paris)
  • Invited and then Adjunct Professor at Geneva University (Switzerland) 2003-2005
  • Member of the University Institute of France (IUF) 2003-2008, currently honorary member  
  • Research fellow at the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC – Observatory of Social Change) since 1994
  • Research fellow at the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures économiques (French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures) since 1992
  • Invited Fellow at UC Berkeley Department of Sociology (August 2000 – October 2000)

Education, grades and competitions   

1990      MS of the ENSAE (Diplôme de l’ENSAE), National School of Statistics & Economic Administration
 1991      MA of research in Social Sciences (DEA de Sciences Sociales) EHESS – ENS (Paris)
 1997      PhD in sociology University of Lille. Très honorable avec félicitations du jury à l’unanimité
                (Christian Baudelot, Alexis Ferrand, Michel Forsé (dir.), Yves Grafmeyer, François Héran)
 1998      Selected at the CNRS Research Fellow competition, let for a position as Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris
 2003      Habilitation – Sciences Po Paris

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2022

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See detailProjet Approche Patient Partenaire de Soins (APPS) - Projekts Ansatz der Patienten-Partner-Betreuung
Odero, Angela; Baumann-Croisier, Pierre; Chauvel, Louis; Baumann, Michèle

Conference given outside the academic context (2022)

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2021

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See detailProcessus de civilisation, inégalités extrêmes et violence de masse
Chauvel, Louis

in Scheidel, Walter (Ed.) UNE HISTOIRE DES INÉGALITÉS : DE L’ÂGE DE PIERRE AU XXIe SIÈCLE (2021)

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See detailRewealthization in twenty-first century Western countries: the defining trend of the socioeconomic squeeze of the middle class
Chauvel, Louis; Bar Haim, Eyal; Hartung, Anne; Murphy, Emily

in Journal of Chinese Sociology (2021), 8

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See detailThe very long arm of wealth: Effects of intergenerational wealth resources on health in the U.S. over the last three decades
Chauvel, Louis; Ceron, Francisco; Murphy, Emily; Settels, Jason

E-print/Working paper (2021)

See detailDetecting the ‘Black Hole’ of age-period excess mortality in 25 countries: Age-period-cohort residual analysis
Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja; Smith, Herbert L.

in Bell, Andrew (Ed.) Age, Period, and Cohort Effects (2021)

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See detailInequality of educational opportunity at time of schooling predicts cognitive functioning in later adulthood
Leist, Anja; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis

in SSM - Population Health (2021), 15

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See detailRisk of obesity in the United States, 1976-2018: Cohort effects and increasing educational inequalities
Leist, Anja; Settels, Jason; Chauvel, Louis

Scientific Conference (2021)

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See detailCross-border mobility in European countries: associations between cross-border worker status and health outcomes
Nonnenmacher, Lucas; Baumann, Michèle; Le Bihan, Etienne; Askenazy, Philippe; Chauvel, Louis

in BMC Public Health (2021), 21

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See detailSocioeconomic and behavioural factors associated with access to and use of Personal Health Records
Paccoud, Ivana; Baumann, Michèle; Le Bihan, Etienne; Pétré, Benoît; Breinbauer, Mareike; Böhme, Philip; Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja

in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2021), 21

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2020

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See detailOrienter les soins vers le patient partenaire. Un livre blanc pour la Grande Région
Consortium Interreg APPS; Baumann, Michèle; Chauvel, Louis; Odero, Angela; Paccoud, Ivana; Le Bihan, Etienne; Baumann-Croisier, Pierre

Book published by INTERREG APPS (2020)

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See detailLife Satisfaction and mobility: Their associations with career attitudes, and health-related factors among postgraduates having studied in universities intra EU and outside EU
Odero, Angela; Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Le Bihan, Etienne; Baumann, Michèle

in BMC Public Health (2020), 20(3),

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See detailCore Values that Influence the Patient—Healthcare Professional Power Dynamic: Steering Interaction towards Partnership
Odero, Angela; Pongy, Manon; Chauvel, Louis; Voz, Bernard; Spitz, Elisabeth; Pétré, Benoit; Baumann, Michèle

in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020), 7(8458),

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See detailThe patients’ perspective on access to and use of Personal Health Records
Paccoud, Ivana; Baumann, Michèle; Le Bihan, Etienne; Pétré, Benoit; Breinbauer, Mareike; Böhme, Philipp; Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja

Scientific Conference (2020)

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2019

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See detailA cohort perspective on intergenerational mobility and inequality
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

in Long-term consequences of the Great Recession for stratification, mobility and inequality. Abstracts booklet. (2019)

See detailIncome Inequality and the Strength of the Origins-Health Gradient in 20 European Countries
Chauvel, Louis; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Leist, Anja

Scientific Conference (2019, September 12)

See detailIntergenerational mobility in Europe: Home ownership as a facet of social reproduction?
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

Scientific Conference (2019, March)

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See detailEconomic inequality and intergenerational socioeconomic persistence: A European test of the Great Gatsby Curve hypothesis
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

in Long-term consequences of the Great Recession for stratification, mobility and inequality. Abstracts booklet. (2019)

See detailIncome and Wealth Above the Median: New Measurements and Results for Europe and the United States
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Bar-Haim, Eyal; van Kerm, Philippe

in Decancq, Koen; van Kerm, Philippe (Eds.) What Drives Inequality (2019)

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See detailDYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME RANK VOLATILITY: EVIDENCE FROM WEST GERMANY AND THE US
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Palmisano, Flaviana

in B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (2019)

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See detailThe Long-lasting Impact of Inequality of Educational Opportunities on Later-life Cognitive Functioning
Leist, Anja; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis

Scientific Conference (2019)

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2018

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See detailThe persistence of the gender earnings gap: cohort trends and the role of education in twelve countries
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Gornick, Janet; Hartung, Anne

in Inequality Matters - LIS newsletter, Issue No. 6 (2018)

See detailMore Necessary and Less Sufficient: An Age-Period-Cohort Approach to Overeducation in Comparative Perspective
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

E-print/Working paper (2018)

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See detailThe Persistence of the Gender Earnings Gap: Cohort Trends and the Role of Education in Twelve Countries
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Gornick, Janet

E-print/Working paper (2018)

See detailNew methods for income and wealth distribution analysis and LIS/LWS implementation
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Hartung, Anne; Chauvel, Louis

Presentation (2018, July)

See detailGlobal inequalities 1980-2050: a microdata oriented simulation – Worldsim
Chauvel, Louis; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Hartung, Anne; Leist, Anja

Scientific Conference (2018, July 13)

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See detailIncreasing Inequality in Joint Income and Wealth Distributions in the United States, 1995 to 2013
Chauvel, Louis; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Hartung, Anne; Van Kerm, Philippe

in Conference Online Programme & Papers (2018, May)

See detailLogitrank Based Measures of Joint Income and Wealth Distributions: Inequality in the U.S. and Europe
Chauvel, Louis; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Van Kerm, Philippe; Hartung, Anne

Poster (2018, June)

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See detailOverweight and obesity of mid-aged cohorts: Increasing burden, increasing educational inequalities
Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja

in Innovation in Aging (2018, November)

See detailDetecting Public Health crises: APC-Detrended methodology and residuals in a 25-country, 35-year mortality matrix
Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja; Smith, Herbert

Scientific Conference (2018, June 09)

See detailInequality and generations - Age-Period-Cohort Modelling
Hartung, Anne; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis

Presentation (2018, July)

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See detail„Bréngt et eppes ze studéieren?“ Zur Entwicklung der Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen in Luxemburg
Hartung, Anne; Chauvel, Louis; Bar-Haim, Eyal

in Nationaler Bildungsbericht Luxembourg 2018 (2018)

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See detailAssociations of inequality of educational opportunities and later-life cognitive trajectories
Leist, Anja; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis

Poster (2018, May 03)

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See detailInequality in old age cognition across the world
Olivera, Javier; Andreoli, Francesco; Leist, Anja; Chauvel, Louis

in Economics and Human Biology (2018), 29

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2017

See detailMore Necessary and Less Sufficient: An Age-Period-Cohort Approach to Overeducation in Comparative Perspective
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

Scientific Conference (2017)

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See detailClosing or Persisting Gender Gap? A Cohort Analysis of Education and Wages in the United States and Europe
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Bar-Haim, Eyal

in Population Association of America - PAA Annual Meeting 2017 (2017)

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See detailSociétés francophones dans le monde de 2050 : Une génération de développement humain soutenable
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Bar-Haim, Eyal; Demazy, Sabine

Report (2017)

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See detailDynamics of Income Rank Volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Palmisano, Flaviana

E-print/Working paper (2017)

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See detailA Prey-Predator Model of Trade Union Density and Inequality in 12 Advanced Capitalisms over Long Periods
Chauvel, Louis; Schröder, Martin

in Kyklos: Internationale Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaften (2017), 70(1), 3-26

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See detailDiplomiert und arbeitslos: Zur Arbeitslosigkeit unter Hochschulabsolventen in Luxemburg
Hartung, Anne; Chauvel, Louis

Article for general public (2017)

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See detailIncreases in well-being in the transition to retirement for unemployed. Catching up with formerly employed persons
Ponomarenko, Valentina; Leist, Anja; Chauvel, Louis

in Ageing & Society (2017), online

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2016

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See detailLa Spirale du déclassement. Essai sur la société des illusions
Chauvel, Louis

Book published by Seuil (2016)

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See detailThe Intensity and Shape of Inequality: The ABG Method of Distributional Analysis
Chauvel, Louis

in Review of Income and Wealth (2016), 62(1), 5268

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See detailJeunes générations, inégalités et problèmes sociaux : chômeurs, décrocheurs, Neets, au Luxembourg et chez nos voisins
Chauvel, Louis

in Georges, Nathalie; Schronen, Danielle; Urbé, Robert (Eds.) Sozialalmanach Inegalitéiten 2016 (2016)

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See detailMalaise in the Western Middle Classes
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

E-print/Working paper (2016)

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See detailMalaise in the Western Middle Classes
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne

in UNESCO (Ed.) World Social Science Report 2016. Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World (2016)

See detailClosing or Persisting Gender Gap? A Cohort Analysis of Education and Wages in the US and Europe
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Bar-Haim, Eyal

Scientific Conference (2016)

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See detailDynamics of income rank volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Palmisano, Flaviana

in SOEP2016 Book of Abstracts (2016)

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See detailCohort factors impinging on suicide rates in the United States, 1990-2010
Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja; Smith, Herbert

in PAA server (2016)

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See detailInequality in old age cognition across the world
Olivera, Javier; Leist, Anja; Chauvel, Louis

in PAA Server (2016)

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2015

See detailDynamics of income volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Palmisano, Flaviana

Scientific Conference (2015, July 15)

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Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja

in Wright, James D. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2015)

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See detailIncome inequality and health: Age-related health gains for those better-off, in more equal societies
Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja

in Gerontologist (2015), 55(Suppl 2), 459-460

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See detailSocioeconomic hierarchy and health gradient in Europe: The role of income inequality and of social origins
Chauvel, Louis; Leist, Anja

in International Journal for Equity in Health (2015), 14(132), 1-12

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See detailThe Impact of Cohort Membership on Disposable Incomes in West Germany, France, and the United States
Chauvel, Louis; Schroeder, Martin

in European Sociological Review (2015)

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See detailIncreases in well-being after transition to retirement for unemployed. Catching up with formerly employed persons.
Ponomarenko, Valentina; Leist, Anja; Chauvel, Louis

E-print/Working paper (2015)

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2014

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See detailLe destin des générations. Structure sociale et cohortes en France du XXe siècle aux années 2010
Chauvel, Louis

Book published by Presses Universitaires de France - 2e édition (19 août 2014) (2014)

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See detailGenerational Inequalities and Welfare Regimes
Chauvel, Louis; Schröder, Martin

in Social Forces (2014), 92(4), 1259-1283

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See detailOnline annex: problems with APC-IE and HAPC
Chauvel, Louis; Schröder, Martin

in European Sociological Review (2014)

See detailDie Grenzen des Ausbildungsexports. Arbeitsmarktchancen Jugendlicher in Südeuropa sind besonders konjunkturabhängig
Chauvel, Louis; Schröder, Martin

in Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis (2014), 43(6), 4-5

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2013

See detailLes mutations de la société française : les grandes questions économiques et sociales
Castel, Robert; Chauvel, Louis; et, al.

Book published by La découverte (2013)

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See detailClasses moyennes : des espèces menacées?
Chauvel, Louis

Article for general public (2013)

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See detailWelfare Regimes, Cohorts and the Middle Classes
Chauvel, Louis

in Gornick, Janet C.; Jäntti, Markus (Eds.) Income Inequality : Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries (2013)

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See detailStratification Sociale : grandes tendances
Chauvel, Louis

in Lau, Elisabeth (Ed.) Etat de la France 2013-2014 (2013)

See detailLa dynamique de la stratification sociale
Chauvel, Louis

in Castel, Robert; Chauvel, Louis (Eds.) Les mutations de la société française : les grandes questions économiques et sociales (2013)

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2012

See detailLes raisons de la peur: Les classes moyennes sont-elles protégées de la crise ?
Chauvel, Louis

in Revue de l'OFCE: Observations et Diagnostics Economiques (2012), 18

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2011

See detailSocial generations and the transformation of consumption
Chauvel, Louis

in Ning, Wang; Davis, D.; Herpin, N. (Eds.) An Exploration into the Sociology of Consumption (2011)

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2010

See detailLes classes moyennes dans la Ve République: de l'expansion économique auy incertitudes sociales
Chauvel, Louis

in Garrigues, J.; Guillaume, S.; Sirinelli, J.-F. (Eds.) Comprendre la Ve République (2010)

See detailComparing welfare regime changes: Living standards and the unequal life chances different birth cohorts
Chauvel, Louis

in Tremmel, J.C. (Ed.) A young generation under pressure ? The financial situation and the "rush hour"of the cohort 1970-1985 in a generational comparison (2010)

See detailLe destin des générations, structure sociale et cohortes en France du XXe siècle aux années 2010
Chauvel, Louis

Book published by PUF - 1ère édition "Quadrige":2010 (2010)

See detailOvereducation and Social Generations in France: Welfare Regimes and Inter-cohort Inequalities in Returns to Education
Chauvel, Louis

in Attewel, P.; Newman, K.S. (Eds.) Growing Gaps: Educational Inequality Around the World (2010)

See detailFrench Sociology in the Spiral of Holism and Individualism
Chauvel, Louis

in Patel, Sujata (Ed.) The ISA Hanndbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions (2010)

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See detailComment définir les victimes du changement social cohortal ?
Chauvel, Louis

in Regards Croisés sur l'Economie (2010), 7

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2009

See detailThe Transformation of the European class system and the middle classes adrift
Chauvel, Louis

in Chuning, Li (Ed.) Formation of Middle Class in Comparative Perspective: Process, Influenceand Socioeconomic Consequences (2009)

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