The welfare interpretation of consumer equivalence scales

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 770-787

  Bradbury, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Consumers; Costs; Income; Inequality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242361130     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290310478739     Document Type: Review

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