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UNU-WIDER What Money Can't Buy: The Relevance of Income Redistribution for Functioning Levels

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A teenager wears torn rubber boots in a muddy local market in Bac Ha, Viet Nam. As of 2005 figures, half the world population—more than 3 billion people–is estimated to live on less than USD 2.50 a day. Bac Ha, Viet Nam. UN Photo/Kibae Park.

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What Money Can't Buy: The Relevance of Income Redistribution for Functioning Levels

Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2004/41
Title:
What Money Can't Buy: The Relevance of Income Redistribution for Functioning Levels
Authors:
Sara Lelli
Publication date:
2004
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291906301
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291906307
Copyright holder:
© Author(s)
Copyright year:
2004
Keywords:
well-being, functionings, equivalence scale, equivalent income
JEL:
I31, I32
Sponsor:
UNU-WIDER acknowledges the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online

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