Measurement and testing of inequality from time series of deciles with an application to U.S. Wages

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-152

  Harvey, Andrew ^a   Bernstein, Jared ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037319412     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303762687767     Document Type: Review

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