The asymptotic distribution of linear indices of inequality, progressivity and redistribution

Economics Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Distribution free statistical inference; Inequality; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287023     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(96)00942-1     Document Type: Article

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