Recent trends in inequality and poverty in developing countries

Handbook of Income Distribution

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 697-805

  Alvaredo, Facundo ^a   Gasparini, Leonardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Consumption; Developing countries; Income; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920509033     PISSN: 15740056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59428-0.00010-2     Document Type: Chapter

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