Distribution sensitive measures of poverty in the United States

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-343

  Bishop, John A ^a   Formby, John P ^b   Zheng, Buhong ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution sensitive; Poverty; Time series; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242301920     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769900000005     Document Type: Article

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