On Inequality Comparisons

DOI10.2307/1913902zbMath0393.90017MaRDI QIDQ4175003

Gary S. Fields, John Ching-Han Fei

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1913902

zbMATH Keywords

Comparisons; Income Inequality; Indices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B06: Decision theory

91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures

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