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An Unconditional Quantile Regression Based Decomposition of Spatial Welfare Inequalities in Ghana

Frank Agyire-TetteyDepartment of Economics, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Charles Godfred AckahInstitute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-7807
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Derek AsumanInstitute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3759-7651
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Pages 537-556 | Received 17 Mar 2016, Accepted 13 Feb 2017, Published online: 13 Mar 2017

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