Statistical Inference on Changes in Income Inequality in Australia

This paper studies the changes in income inequality of individuals in Australia between 1986 and 1999. Individuals are divided into various subgroups along several dimensions, such as region of residence, age, employment status etc. The changes in inequality over time, between and within the various subgroups is studied, and the bootstrap method is used to establish whether these changes are statistically significant.

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Year of publication:	2002-08
Authors:	Athanasopoulos, George ; Vahid, Farshid
Institutions:	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School
Subject:	Income inequality \| Gini coefficient \| Theil inequality measure \| bootstrap

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Monash Econometrics and Business Statistics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 9/02 23 pages
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; J10 - Demographic Economics. General ; C19 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General. Other
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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