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Anthony B. Atkinson
(1970).
On the measurement of inequality.
Journal of Economic Theory
, 2
(3)
, 244-263.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(70)90039-6
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- 10.1016/0022-0531(70)90039-6