Dual decomposable inequality measures

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 234-246

  Ebert, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

CANADA;

EID: 0033058336     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136404     Document Type: Article

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