The population sub-group income effects on inequality: Analytical framework and an empirical illustration

Economic Record

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Paul, Satya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032745604     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1999.tb02443.x     Document Type: Article

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