Chapter 12 Inequality, poverty and welfare

Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 597-633

  Dutta, Bhaskar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decomposition; inequality; Lorenz curve; poverty; social welfare functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649336779     PISSN: 15740110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0110(02)80016-9     Document Type: Review

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