Atkinson and Bourguignon's dominance criteria: Extended and applied to the measurement of poverty in France

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-513

  Chambaz, Christine ^a   Maurin, Eric ^a  

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EID: 0032243508     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1998.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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