Trends in consumption-based poverty and inequality in the European Union during the 1980s

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 367-390

  Zaidi, M Asghar ^a   De Vos, Klaas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European union; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035535219     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480000038     Document Type: Article

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