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The World Distribution of Well-being Dissected

In: International and Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices

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  • Robert Summers & Alan Heston, 1999. "The World Distribution of Well-being Dissected," NBER Chapters, in: International and Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices, pages 479-508, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Deininger, Klaus & Squire, Lyn, 1996. "A New Data Set Measuring Income Inequality," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 10(3), pages 565-591, September.
    2. Peter Gottschalk & Timothy M. Smeeding, 1997. "Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 35(2), pages 633-687, June.
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