Testing for changing shapes of income distribution: Italian evidence in the 1990s from kernel density estimates

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 415-430

  Pittau, Maria Grazia ^a   Zelli, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Kernel density estimation; Multimodality test

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TESTING METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942577371     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0175-3     Document Type: Article

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