Development and the distribution of living standards: A critique of the evolving data base

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-358

  Pyatt, Graham ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344197635     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00091     Document Type: Review

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