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Inequality Decomposition - A Reconciliation

Year: 2009

Type: preprint

Abstract: We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition methodscan be reconciled with regression methodology used in the recent literature. We alsohighlight some pitfalls that arise from uncritical use of the regression approach. TheLIS database is used to compare the approaches using an analysis of the changingcontributions to inequality in the United States and Finland.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Authors: Frank Cowell, Carlo V. Fiorio

Institutions: Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Milan

Language: English

Topic: Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic and Social Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W2240264207