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5 publications found, searching for 'Sourushe Zandvakili '

• Working Paper No. 136
  February 01, 1995

  Statistical Inference via Bootstrapping for Measures of Inequality

  Jeffrey A. Mills and Sourushe Zandvakili
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• Working Paper No. 70
  January 09, 1992

  The Distributional Implications of the Tax Changes in the 1980s

  Sourushe Zandvakili
  Abstract

  This paper studies changes in the United States as a consequence of the Economic Recovery Act of 1981 (ERITA), the Tax Equality and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), and…more

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• Working Paper No. 46
  April 04, 1991

  Redistribution through Taxation

  Sourushe Zandvakili
  Abstract

  Income tax progressivity is studied using Generalized Entropy measures of inequality. Luxembourg Income Study data sets for ten countries are used for international comparative purposes and analysis. Progressivity indices are…more

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• Working Paper No. 43
  December 10, 1990

  International Comparison of Household Inequalities

  Sourushe Zandvakili
  Abstract

  This paper demonstrates the usefulness of the decomposability property of the Generalized Entropy (GE) family of measures in comparing inequality among countries. A family of Generalized Entropy measures are decomposed…more

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• Working Paper No. 41
  December 09, 1990

  Generalized Entropy Measures of Long-run Inequality and Stability among Male Headed Households

  Sourushe Zandvakili
  Abstract

  Short and long-run inequalities and income stability among households with male heads are measured and analyzed using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for 1969–81. The results suggest short-run inequalities…more

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