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Income Inequality Decomposition by Income Source and the Breakdown of Inequality Differences Between Two Population Subgroups

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  • Jacques Silber
  • Yves Flückiger

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This paper suggests a methodology to determine the precise role played by various income sources in the inequality of the distribution between male- and female-headed families and the overall income inequality in Switzerland.

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  • Jacques Silber & Yves Flückiger, 1994. "Income Inequality Decomposition by Income Source and the Breakdown of Inequality Differences Between Two Population Subgroups," LIS Working papers 110, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    1. Silber, Jacques, 1989. "Factor Components, Population Subgroups and the Computation of the Gini Index of Inequality," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 71(1), pages 107-115, February.
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    2. Nadja El Benni & Robert Finger & Stefan Mann & Bernard Lehmann, 2012. "The distributional effects of agricultural policy reforms in Switzerland," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 58(11), pages 497-509.
    3. Stéphane Mussard, 2006. "La décomposition des mesures d’inégalité en sources de revenu : l’indice de Gini et les généralisations," Cahiers de recherche 06-05, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
    4. Cecilia García-Peñalosa & Elsa Orgiazzi, 2013. "Factor Components of Inequality: A Cross-Country Study," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 59(4), pages 689-727, December.
    5. Joseph Deutsch & Jacques Silber, 2001. "The Kuznets Curve and the Impact of Various Income Sources on the Link Between Inequality and Development," Working Papers 2001-03, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics.
    6. Fitoussi, Jean-Paul & Van Haeperen, Béatrice, 1998. "Inégalités de revenus, marchés du travail et politique de transferts. Comparaison internationale et décomposition par sources de revenus," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 1998027, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    7. Stéphane Mussard, 2007. "La décomposition des mesures d’inégalité en sources de revenu : méthodes et applications," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 83(3), pages 415-445.
    8. Jesper Drescher, 1999. "Income Inequality Decomposition by Income Source and by Population Subgroups: A Theoretical Overview and the Empirical Case of Denmark," LIS Working papers 209, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.

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