Accounting for income distribution trends: A density function decomposition approach

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-61

  Jenkins, Stephen P ^a   Van Kerm, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPS/INSTEAD ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Density functions; Income distribution; Inequality; Subgroup decompositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044459171     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-004-8309-1     Document Type: Article

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