More reliable inference for the dissimilarity index of segregation

Econometrics Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-66

  Allen, Rebecca ^a   Burgess, Simon ^b   Davidson, Russell ^c,d   Windmeijer, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bootstrap methods; Dissimilarity index; Hypothesis testing; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926199736     PISSN: 13684221     EISSN: 1368423X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ectj.12039     Document Type: Article

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