Parametric Lorenz curves and the modality of the income density function

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 905-929

  Krause, Melanie ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit; Income distribution; Inequality; Lorenz curve; Modality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920437438     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12047     Document Type: Article

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