A cross-country study of equivalence scales and expenditure inequality on unit record household budget data

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-482

  Lancaster, Geoffrey ^a   Ray, Ranjan ^a   Valenzuela, Maria Rebecca ^a  

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EID: 0033269979     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1999.tb00360.x     Document Type: Article

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