ISSN:
1572-9982
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Notizen:
Summary This note gives some critical remarks on a study of Burns and Frech, concerning the explanation of income inequality levels in Dutch municipalities. It is stated that their conclusions are not correct, because of a wrong interpretation of the Gini-coefficient of income inequality. Results using the correctly defined Gini coefficient are presented, and also results using the coefficient of Theil, as a measure of income inequality. Conclusions based on these results would differ significantly from those of Burns and Frech, and Tinbergen. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the results for the observational units is taken into consideration. It is stated, however, that the obtained results are not yet usable to draw policy conclusions (as has been done by Tinbergen), as the estimated coefficients are too unreliable. This can be attributed to the severe multicollinearity in the data set.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02078434
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