A multidimensional approach to subjective poverty

Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-154

  Van Praag, Bernard M S ^a   Ferrer i Carbonell, Ada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 85009383185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230582354     Document Type: Chapter

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