A new and easy-to-use measure of literacy, its axiomatic properties and an application

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-196

  Basu, Kaushik ^a   Lee, Travis ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 58249104343     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-008-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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