income is sometimes a month, sometimes a quarter, and sometimes a year. This reference period of income likely affects the … period of income. Estimates from annual, quarterly and monthly distributions are provided for one and a half decades …

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … polarization. It then shows that a close look at the impact of various income sources on these three types of indicators confirms … that indeed they measure three different features of an income distribution. The effect of the different income components …