Assessing Inequality Using Percentile Shares

Stata Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 264-300

  Jann, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

concentration curve; graphics; income distribution; inequality; Lorenz curve; percentile shares; pshare; st0432; wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007092877     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: 15368734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867X1601600202     Document Type: Article

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