Using functionings to estimate equivalence scales

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-284

  Lelli, Sara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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EID: 27844445176     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2005.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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