Why measure inequality?

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-79

  Kaplow, Louis ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Inequality; Inequality measurement; Poverty; Poverty measurement; Progressivity; Redistribution; Social welfare function

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044434644     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-004-7947-7     Document Type: Article

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