The Distribution of Income Shocks during Crises : An Application of Quantile Analysis to Mexico, 1992-95

Moving beyond the simple comparisons of averages typical of most analyses of household income shocks, this article employs quantile analysis to generate a complete distribution of such shocks by type of household during the 1995 crisis in Mexico. I...

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Main Authors: Maloney, William F., Cunningham, Wendy V., Bosch, Mariano
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/17742607/distribution-income-shocks-during-crises-application-quantile-analysis-mexico-1992-95-vol-201-1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17159