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Authors
![Richard Blundell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-03/Richard%20Blundell%20Head.jpg?itok=ow7e9OkA)
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
![Ian Preston](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Ian%20Preston.jpg?itok=motnJYqo)
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.1994.9412
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Blundell, R and Preston, I. (1994). Income or consumption in the measurement of inequality and poverty?. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/income-or-consumption-measurement-inequality-and-poverty (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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