• Title of article

    Interpretation problems with changes in indices based on categorizations

  • Author/Authors

    Frijters، Paul نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    -374
  • From page
    375
  • To page
    0
  • Abstract
    In this paper it is argued that occupation and industrial codes maximize the correspondence between activities and easily observable characteristics at the time of their development. Over time the codes become less relevant, leading to the false impression that the segregation of individuals is declining.
  • Keywords
    Distance , translation , Function , Directional , Homotheticity
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    21718