Statistical analysis of inequality with decompositions: The Canadian experience

Empirical Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-302

  Gray, David ^a   Mills, Jeffrey A ^b   Zandvakili, Sourushe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Canada; Decomposition; Inequality

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0037392639     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810200131     Document Type: Article

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