Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-400

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Smeeding, Timothy M ^a   Merz, Joachim ^a  

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EID: 0030343080     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1996.tb00190.x     Document Type: Article

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