Inequality Decomposition by Income

A-Tier
Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Year: 1993
Volume: 75
Issue: 3
Pages: 545-47

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

A new decomposition of the Gini index by income source is proposed. It distinguishes between three components: the true Gini index of the source, a permutation, and an aggregation component. Copyright 1993 by MIT Press.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:tpr:restat:v:75:y:1993:i:3:p:545-47
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29