Bounds of the Gini Index Using Sparse Information on Mean Incomes
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Bounds of the Gini Index Using Sparse Information on Mean Incomes
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Income and Wealth
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0034-6586,1475-4991
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00096