Measuring multidimensional deprivation

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-251

  Mukherjee, Diganta ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; D31; D63; Deprivation measures; Deprivation ordering; Multidimensional distribution; Substitution and complementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042367399     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4896(01)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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