Absolute and relative deprivation and the measurement of poverty

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-492

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a,b   Grégoire, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036948827     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00064     Document Type: Article

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