Measuring segregation when units are small: A parametric approach

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 546-553

  Rathelot, Roland ^a  

^a CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Beta binomial model; Dissimilarity index; Ethnic concentration; Mixture of beta distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870521348     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2012.707586     Document Type: Article

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