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Research Article

The regression approach to the estimation and additive decomposition of the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures

Tomson OgwangDepartment of Economics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jean Francois LamarcheDepartment of Economics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Pages 2136-2140 | Published online: 28 Jun 2022

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