On the Decomposition of the Foster and Wolfson Bi-Polarization Index by Income Sources

Elena Bárcena-Martin; Joseph Deutsch; Jacques Silber

doi:10.1111/roiw.12319

On the Decomposition of the Foster and Wolfson Bi-Polarization Index by Income Sources

Elena Bárcena-Martin, Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber

Department of Economics

University of Málaga

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This paper proposes a simple algorithm based on a matrix formulation to compute the Foster and Wolfson bipolarization index and then to decompose it by income sources. An empirical illustration based on EU-SILC data for the years 2007 and 2014 shows the usefulness of the proposed decomposition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	853-871
Number of pages	19
Journal	Review of Income and Wealth
Volume	64
Issue number	4
Early online date	12 Jul 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12319
State	Published - Dec 2018

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EU-SILC
Foster and Wolfson index
bipolarization
decomposition by income sources

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