Is there bias in computing household equivalence scales?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-198

  Ferreira, M Luisa ^a   Buse, Reuben C ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a  

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EID: 0032373503     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1998.tb00267.x     Document Type: Article

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