Decomposing the entropy index of racial diversity: In search of two types of variance

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 897-915

  Wang, Yiming ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING POLICY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861006637     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-010-0426-0     Document Type: Article

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