Functional inequality measurement

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 697-704

  Kämpke, Thomas ^a  

^a Forschungsinstitut fur anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential equation; Lorenz curve; Relative poverty measure

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY;

EID: 4644311591     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-004-0197-5     Document Type: Article

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