Do standards of living converge? A cross-country study

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-50

  Mazumdar, Krishna ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 0041417659     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024736308509     Document Type: Article

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