Measuring richness and poverty: A micro data application to Europe and Germany

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 597-619

  Peichl, Andreas ^a   Schaefer, Thilo ^b   Scheicher, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b IW Köln ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 77955759109     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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