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Measuring Inequality: Autonomy The degree of empowerment in decisions about one’s own life

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  • Tania Burchardt & Martin Evans & Holly Holder, 2012. "Measuring Inequality: Autonomy The degree of empowerment in decisions about one’s own life," CASE Reports casereport74, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.
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    1. Polly Vizard & Liz Speed, 2016. "Examining Multidimensional Inequality and Deprivation in Britain Using the Capability Approach," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(2-3), pages 139-169, August.

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