Statistical Measurement of Income Polarization. A cross-national comparison
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Keywords
Income polarization; bootstrap; kernel density estimation; unimodality test;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I39 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Other
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LTV-2002-07-04 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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