Changes in rank-dependent income-related health inequality measures over time may usefully be decomposed into contributions due to changes in health outcomes and changes in individuals' positions in the income distribution. This paper establishes the normative implications of this type of decomposit
Interpreting the magnitude of changes in measures of income inequality
โ Scribed by McKinley L. Blackburn
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 288 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-4076
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