An extension of a measure of polarization, with an application to the income distribution of five OECD countries

We introduce an extension of the Esteban and Ray [Econometrica, 62:819-851 1994] measure of polarization that can be applied to density functions. As a by-product we also derive the Wolfson [Am. Econ. Rev., 84:353-358 1994] measure as a special case. This derivation has the virtue of casting both me...

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Autores: Esteban, Joan, Gradón, Carlos, Ray, Debraj
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::09665828820fd0f51dc259003d4a063d
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/57385
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ddc:330
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Sumario:We introduce an extension of the Esteban and Ray [Econometrica, 62:819-851 1994] measure of polarization that can be applied to density functions. As a by-product we also derive the Wolfson [Am. Econ. Rev., 84:353-358 1994] measure as a special case. This derivation has the virtue of casting both measures in the context of a (statistically) unified framework. We study the polarization of the distribution of household income for five OECD countries (LIS database): US, UK, Canada, Germany and Sweden. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006.

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