The effect of measurement error on the estimated shape of the world distribution of income

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 3
Pages: 373-376

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Abstract

This note examines the robustness that two modes exist in the world's density of per capita income. Our results suggest that this bimodal feature is robust and are arrived at using recently developed nonparametric deconvolution techniques.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:3:p:373-376
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General
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1
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2026-01-26