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Comparisons Among Concentration Curves And Indexes In Some Empirical Distributions

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Income and Wealth Distribution, Inequality and Poverty

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The analysis of the analytic and synthetic measures of inequality which are obtained by the construction of concentration curves and indexes plays an important role in the study of income distribution.

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Salvaterra, T. (1990). Comparisons Among Concentration Curves And Indexes In Some Empirical Distributions. In: Dagum, C., Zenga, M. (eds) Income and Wealth Distribution, Inequality and Poverty. Studies in Contemporary Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84250-4_13

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