Income distribution in Italy: A nonparametric analysis

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 175-189

  Grazia Pittau, M ^a   Zelli, Roberte ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Kernel density estimation; Multimodality test

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844436050     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511647     Document Type: Article

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