Measuring inequality
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چکیده
منابع مشابه
Measuring Inequality
¥ Part of the LSE Economics Series, published by Oxford University Press ¥ This book is dedicated to the memory of my parents.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Sustainability
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2398-9629
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0368-1