Deprivation, the Gini index of inequality and the flatness of an income distribution
β Scribed by Z.M. Berrebi; Jacques Silber
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 478 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-4896
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