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- noun Plural form of
quintile .
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UPDATE 2: My point about quintiles is explained here.
Baker vs. Reynolds, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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(Not to mention the process for determining quintiles is basically the same as that of medians, so it seems kinda dumb to not just give the midpoint of each quintile.) uwbnym mszf Says:
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They are the two studies that I know of that look at real income and mobility out of quintiles compared to the population as a whole rather than comparing people only against others of the same age group.
Kling vs. Lang, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The bottom quintiles are still very much in a recession.
Max Fraad Wolff: No Macro Spring Max Fraad Wolff 2011
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Last year Americans in the lowest income quintile spent an average of $11,247 per person, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compared with $15,843 for middle income quintiles, and $28,272 for the top quintile.
The Distribution of Consumer Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As I said, "They are the two studies that I know of that look at real income and mobility out of quintiles compared to the population as a whole rather than comparing people only against others of the same age group."
Kling vs. Lang, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We divided the funds 'risk and performance stats into fifths, or quintiles — those in the top 20% would be in the top quintile and earn an A grade.
Target fund: Set a retirement date, and it does the rest 2010
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Still, the point remains that regardless of how much people move among quintiles, deciles, or whatever metric you prefer, 20% of people will still be in the bottom quintile and 20% in the top. urgs Says:
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The bottom quintiles are still very much in a recession.
Max Fraad Wolff: No Macro Spring Max Fraad Wolff 2011
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I think a better – and harder to find – metric than median income is the ratio between the overall mean (or median) and the various income quintiles.
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