Gini coefficient as a life table function: Computation from discrete data, decomposition of differences and empirical examples

Demographic Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages 305-357

  Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^a   Andreev, Evgueni E ^b   Begun, Alexander Z ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Centre of Demography/Human Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^c HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942740923     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2003.8.11     Document Type: Article

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