The Evolution of World Inequality in Well-being

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-25

  Decancq, Koen ^a   Decoster, André ^a   Schokkaert, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

index of well being; inter country inequality; multidimensional inequality measurement

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 56949108144     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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