Engel curve method for measuring poverty

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 115-123

  Krishna Kumar, T ^a   Holla, Jayarama ^a   Guha, Puja ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

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