Quantifying the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality: An application to Mozambique
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- Carlos Gradín, 2020. "Quantifying the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality an application to Mozambique," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 18(3), pages 391-419, September.
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Inequality; Decomposition; Recentered influence function; Shapley; Marginal;All these keywords.
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- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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