Income distribution in urban China: An overlooked data inconsistency issue
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.02.004
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- Jin, Hailong & Qian, Hang & Wang, Tong & Choi, E Kwan, 2014. "Income Distribution in Urban China: An Overlooked Data Inconsistency Issue," Staff General Research Papers Archive 37381, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Income distribution; Sampling inconsistency; Unscented Kalman filter; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
- C46 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Specific Distributions
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