Household composition, equivalence scales and the reliability of income distributions: Some evidence for indigenous and other Australians

Economic Record

Volumn 79, Issue 244, 2003, Pages 70-83

  Hunter, Boyd H ^a   Kennedy, Steven ^b   Smith, Daniel ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037967361     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.00079     Document Type: Article

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