The rich and the poor: The construction of an affluence line from the poverty line

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Medeiros, Marcelo ^a  

^a International Poverty Centre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Affluence; Poverty; Rich; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745451842     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-7156-1     Document Type: Article

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