The policy significance of inequality decompositions

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-374

  Kanbur, Ravi ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Groups; Identity; Inequality decomposition; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750185583     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-9013-5     Document Type: Article

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