The subgroup decomposable intermediate indices of inequality

Spanish Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-97

  Chakravarty, Satya R ^a   Tyagarupananda, Swami ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Swami Vivekananda Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; Inequality invariance; Subgroup decomposable indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349262634     PISSN: 14355469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10108-008-9045-7     Document Type: Article

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