An axiomatic characterization of Yitzhaki's index of individual deprivation

Economics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-270

  Ebert, Udo ^a   Moyes, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

D31; D63; Deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034416925     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(00)00248-2     Document Type: Article

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