Cross-national comparisons of poverty: Reconsidering methods

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-163

  Spicker, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative; Indicators; Poverty; Poverty profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347241163     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00168     Document Type: Article

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