Unit-consistent decomposable inequality measures

Economica

Volumn 74, Issue 293, 2007, Pages 97-111

  Zheng, Buhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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INCOME; RANKING;

EID: 33846253088     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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