Using equivalent income of equivalent adults to rank income distributions

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-258

  Ebert, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0033481809     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003550050142     Document Type: Article

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