Income inequality and health: Do the equivalence scales matter?

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Pascual, Marta ^a   Cantarero, David ^a   Sarabia, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

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EID: 25144519291     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-005-3769-7     Document Type: Article

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