HOW MUCH INEQUALITY CAN WE EXPLAIN - A METHODOLOGY AND AN APPLICATION TO THE UNITED-STATES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: COWELL, FA; JENKINS, SP
• 署名单位: University of Essex; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.2307/2235501
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 421-430
• 关键词: population subgroups

摘要

We develop two simple measures of how much inequality is explained by individual population characteristics or groups of characteristics, analogous to R2 in regression analysis. We investigate the measures' empirical implementation using several alternative theoretically consistent approaches to inequality decomposition. Results are illustrated using US PSID income data.