Studying inequality in income distribution of single-person households in four developed countries

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-546

  Quintano, Claudio ^a   D'Agostino, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

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EID: 33845425061     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2006.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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