Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64821 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2012-49
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
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: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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