Reference distributions and inequality measurement
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Divergence measures; Generalised entropy measures; Income distribution; Inequality measurement; D63; C10;All these keywords.
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- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
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