The sensitivity of income polarization: Time, length of accounting periods, equivalence scales, and income definitions

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-223

  Hussain, Mohammad Azhar ^a  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accounting period; Bi polarization; Equivalence scale; Income polarization; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349152444     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-007-9072-x     Document Type: Article

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