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Consumption Inequality

Consumption Inequality

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Consumption Inequality

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Full title

Consumption Inequality

Publisher

Nashville: American Economic Association

Journal title

The Journal of economic perspectives, 2016-04, Vol.30 (2), p.3-28

Language

English

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Nashville: American Economic Association

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Contents

In this essay, we discuss the importance of consumption inequality in the debate concerning the measurement of disparities in economic well-being. We summarize the advantages and disadvantages of using consumption as opposed to income for measuring trends in economic well-being. We critically evaluate the available evidence on these trends, and in...

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Consumption Inequality

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1789775476

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1789775476

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ISSN

0895-3309

E-ISSN

1944-7965

DOI

10.1257/jep.30.2.3

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