When More Poor Means Less Poverty: On Income Inequality and Purchasing Power
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- Bergh, Andreas & Nilsson, Therese, 2012. "When More Poor Means Less Poverty: On Income Inequality and Purchasing Power," Working Paper Series 900, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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- Andreas Bergh & Therese Nilsson, 2014.
"When More Poor Means Less Poverty: On Income Inequality and Purchasing Power,"
Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 81(1), pages 232-246, July.
- Bergh, Andreas & Nilsson, Therese, 2012. "When More Poor Means Less Poverty: On Income Inequality and Purchasing Power," Working Papers 2012:2, Lund University, Department of Economics.
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- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
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