A note on the Bourguignon-Fields class of poverty indices

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 852-854

  Esposito, Lucio ^a   Lambert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty measurement; Regressive transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649440565     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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