Equivalence scales and the welfare of children: A comment on "is there bias in the economic literature on equivalence scales?"

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-534

  Bojer, Hilde ^b   Nelson, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039848361     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1999.tb00364.x     Document Type: Article

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