Statistical inference for poverty measures with relative poverty lines

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 337-356

  Zheng, Buhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposable poverty measure; Relative poverty line; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013118696     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(00)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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