On analyzing the world distribution of income

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-37

  Atkinson, Anthony B ^a,b   Brandolini, Andrea ^c  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department for Structural Economic Analysis of the Bank ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 77953892069     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp020     Document Type: Article

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