Abstract
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 |
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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 | |
State | Published - Dec 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
Keywords
- EU-SILC
- Foster and Wolfson index
- bipolarization
- decomposition by income sources