The measurement and analysis of poverty and inequality: An application to Spanish conurbations

International Statistical Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-131

  Bellido, N P ^a   Jano, M D ^a   Lopez Ortega F J ^a   Martin Guzman M P ^a   Toledo, M I ^a  

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Author keywords

Absolute and relative poverty; Household Budget Survey; Inequality; Monetary and physical indicators of poverty; Poverty indices; Subjective poverty; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032378930     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.1998.tb00408.x     Document Type: Article

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