Distributionally-sensitive inequality indices and the GB2 income distribution

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Jenkins, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65149096571     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00318.x     Document Type: Review

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