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| Title: | | The BIP trilogy (bipolarization, inequality and polarization): One saga but three different stories  |
| Authors: | | Deutsch, Joseph Fusco, Alessio Silber, Jacques |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Economics Discussion Papers 2012-49 |
| Abstract: | | Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and polarization. It then shows that a close look at the impact of various income sources on these three types of indicators confirms that indeed they measure three different features of an income distribution. The effect of the different income components on inequality, bipolarization and polarization is analyzed via what is known as the Shapley de-composition and the empirical illustration is based on 2008 data for Luxembourg. |
| Subjects: | | bi-polarization income sources inequality Luxembourg polarization Shapley decomposition procedure |
| JEL: | | I31 D63 D31 |
| Creative Commons License: | |  |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal - Discussion Papers
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