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Hong Kong Children's Concept of Distributive Justice

Mun Wong School of Early Childhood Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, New Territories, Tai Po, Hong Kong
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Terezinha Nunes Psychology Department, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
Pages 119-129 | Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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