Entropy-based segregation indices

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-194

  Mora, Ricardo ^a   Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 80855131494     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2011.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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