Measuring and analyzing class inequality with the Gini index informed by model-based clustering

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-224

  Liao, Tim Futing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33751259928     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2006.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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