On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: Health and income inequalities in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom

Against Injustice: The New Economics of Amartya Sen

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 221-251

  Brandolini, Andrea ^a  

^a Department of Structural Economic Analysis Bank of Italy ^*  (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511657443.011     Document Type: Chapter

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