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Developing Indicators of Inequality and Poverty Consistent with National Accounts

In: Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth

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  • Richard Tonkin
  • Sean White
  • Sofiya Stoyanova
  • Aly Youssef
  • Sunny Valentineo Sidhu
  • Chris Payne

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  • Richard Tonkin & Sean White & Sofiya Stoyanova & Aly Youssef & Sunny Valentineo Sidhu & Chris Payne, 2020. "Developing Indicators of Inequality and Poverty Consistent with National Accounts," NBER Chapters, in: Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth, pages 605-624, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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