Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves
The parameterization of income distributions and Lorenz Curves is a useful approach for representing how income is distributed within a given population. It provides a way of describing how the data are generated, why the level of inequalit
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ECONOMIC STUDIES IN EQUALITY, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND WELL-BEING Editor: Jacques Silber, Bar Ilan University Editorial Advisory Board John Bishop, East Carolina University, USA. Satya Chakravarty, Indian Statistical Institute, USA. Conchita D’Ambrosio, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. David Gordon, University of Bristol, The United Kingdom. Jaya Krishnakumar, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
This series will publish volumes that go beyond the traditional concepts of consumption, income or wealth and will offer a broad, inclusive view of inequality and well-being. Specific areas of interest will include Capabilities and Inequalities, Discrimination and Segregation in the Labor Market, Equality of Opportunities, Globalization and Inequality, Human Development and the Quality of Life, Income and Social Mobility, Inequality and Development, Inequality and Happiness, Inequality and Malnutrition, Inequality in Consumption and Time Use, Inequalities in Health and Education, Multidimensional Inequality and Poverty Measurement, Polarization among Children and Elderly People, Social Policy and the Welfare State, and Wealth Distribution.
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Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves Edited by
Duangkamon Chotikapanich Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics Monash University 26 Sir John Monash Drive Caulfield East VIC 3145 Australia
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Editor Duangkamon Chotikapanich Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics Monash University 26 Sir John Monash Drive Caulfield East VIC 3145 Australia Email: [email protected] Series Editor Jacques Silber Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
ISBN: 978-0-387-72756-1
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-72796-7
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