Poverty indices and policy analysis

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-179

  Myles, John ^a   Picot, Garnett ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0038998743     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2000.tb00953.x     Document Type: Article

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