A note on the decomposition of the coefficient of variation squared: comparing entropy and Dagum's methods

The aim of this paper is to propose a new decomposition of the coefficient of variation squared. The approach is similar to the Dagum's method when decomposing the Gini index. We compare the new method to the former entropy decomposition of this coefficient. An empirical study is elaborated. This concerns a subgroup decomposition of the non food expenditure cameronian households inequality.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Nembua, Celestin Chameni
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 4.2006, 8, p. 1-8
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	D6 - Welfare Economics ; D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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