Numerical measures of segregation: Desirable properties and their implications

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-29

  Hutchens, Robert ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

D63; Inequality; Inequality index; J70; J71; Occupational segregation; Segregation; Value judgements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041365659     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4896(00)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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