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Authors
Ian Preston
Research Fellow University College London
Ian is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at UCL. He joined UCL in 1991 and has been attached to the IFS since 1990.
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.1993.9322
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Preston, I. (1993). Large and small sample distribution of relative poverty statistics. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/large-and-small-sample-distribution-relative-poverty-statistics (accessed: 23 April 2024).
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