The quality of life: An international comparison based on ordinal measures

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 411-414

  Paul, Satya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORDA SCORES; COPELAND SCORES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATORS;

EID: 0031474099     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048597355168     Document Type: Article

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