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The limitations of negative incomes in the Gini coefficient decomposition by source

Ana ManeroCrawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 977-981 | Published online: 27 Oct 2016

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