Measurement and Decomposition Analysis of Occupational Income Inequality in China
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Occupational income inequality; Pareto coefficient; GE index;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
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