Quality and Quantity

, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp 403–411 | Cite as

The index of dissimilarity as a measure of inequality

  • Kris Merschrod
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kris Merschrod
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  1. 1.Department of Rural SociologyCornell UniversityIthacaU.S.A.

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