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, 1994] measure of polarization which can be applied to two types of databases:(i) data for which a density function for the income distribution has already be computed (either parametrically or non-parametrically); and (ii) data which is presented with the population grouped in either income or size intervals.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Esteban, J. ; Gradin, C. ; Ray, D.
Institutions:	El Instituto de Estudios Economicos de Galicia Pedro Barrie de la Maza
Subject:	INCOME DISTRIBUTION

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Series:	El Instituto de Estudios Economicos de Galicia Pedro Barrie de la Maza.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	32 pages
Classification:	H10 - Structure and Scope of Government. General ; H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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