Interpretation of changes in rank-dependent measures of inequality

Economics Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Aaberge, Rolf ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

D63; Distribution of income; Gini coefficient; Hypothetical redistribution; Rank dependent measures of inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031590063     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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