The effect of measurement error on the estimated shape of the world distribution of income

This note examines the robustness that two modes exist in the world's density of per capita income. Our results suggest that this bimodal feature is robust and are arrived at using recently developed nonparametric deconvolution techniques.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Parmeter, Christopher F.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 100.2008, 3, p. 373-376
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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