Spatial Decomposition of Inequality

Anthony F. Shorrocks and Guanghua Wan

No DP2004-01, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper reviews the theory and application of decomposition techniques in the context of spatial inequality. It establishes some new theoretical results with potentially wide applicability, and examines empirical evidence drawn from a large number of countries.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Income distribution; Index numbers (Economics); Regional economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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