Viewpoint: Measuring the well-being of the poor with income or consumption: a Canadian perspective

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-106

  Brzozowski, Matthew ^a   Crossley, Thomas F ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C81; D31

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551651558     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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