Three 'I's of poverty curves, with an analysis of UK poverty trends

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-327

  Jenkins, Stephen P ^a   Lambert, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME INEQUALITY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; POVERTY TRENDS; TIP CURVES;

UK;

EID: 0031453323     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028611     Document Type: Article

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