The International Wealth Index (IWI)

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-85

  Smits, Jeroen ^a   Steendijk, Roel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assets; Comparable wealth index; Developing world; Material well being; Poverty measurement; Welfare measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936164834     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0683-x     Document Type: Article

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