Inequality decompositions-a reconciliation

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-528

  Cowell, Frank A ^a   Fiorio, Carlo V ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255137032     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-011-9176-1     Document Type: Article

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