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A note on measures of distance between imcome distributions

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  • Chakravarty, Satya Ranjan
  • Dutta, Bhaskar

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  • Chakravarty, Satya Ranjan & Dutta, Bhaskar, 1987. "A note on measures of distance between imcome distributions," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 185-188, February.
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    1. Francesco Andreoli & Arnaud Lefranc, 2013. "Equalization of opportunity: Definitions and implementable conditions," Working Papers 310, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
    2. Satya R. Chakravarty & Palash Sarkar, 2023. "New perspectives on the Gini and Bonferroni indices of inequality," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 60(1), pages 47-64, January.
    3. Yalonetzky, Gaston, 2012. "Measuring group disadvantage with inter-distributional inequality indices: A critical review and some amendments to existing indices," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 6, pages 1-32.
    4. Satya R. Chakravarty & Nachiketa Chattopadhyay & Conchita D'Ambrosio, 2016. "On a Family of Achievement and Shortfall Inequality Indices," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(12), pages 1503-1513, December.
    5. Andreoli, Francesco & Havnes, Tarjei & Lefranc, Arnaud, 2014. "Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation," IZA Discussion Papers 8503, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Satya Chakravarty & Bhargav Maharaj, 2011. "Measuring ethnic polarization," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 37(3), pages 431-452, September.
    7. Chakravarty, Satya R. & Sarkar, Palash, 2022. "A synthesis of local and effective tax progressivity measurement," MPRA Paper 115180, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Stéphane Mussard, 2007. "Between-Group Pigou Dalton Transfers," Cahiers de recherche 07-06, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
    9. Satya R. Chakravarty & Pietro Muliere, 2003. "Welfare indicators: A review and new perspectives. 1. Measurement of inequality," Metron - International Journal of Statistics, Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate - University of Rome, vol. 0(3), pages 457-497.
    10. Satya R. Chakravarty & Palash Sarkar, 2021. "An inequality paradox: relative versus absolute indices?," METRON, Springer;Sapienza Università di Roma, vol. 79(2), pages 241-254, August.
    11. Héctor Gertel & Roberto Giuliodori & Alejandro Rodríguez, 2004. "Cambios en la diferenciación de los ingresos de la población del Gran Córdoba entre 1992 y 2000 según el género y nivel de escolaridad," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 42(1), pages 115-139, Junio.
    12. Higgins, Sean & Lustig, Nora, 2016. "Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 63-75.
    13. Paul Allanson, 2018. "On the Measurement of the Overall Degree of Income Stratification between Groups," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 64(2), pages 388-405, June.
    14. Satya R. Chakravarty & Palash Sarkar, 2021. "Designing income distributions with specified inequalities," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 9(2), pages 297-311, October.
    15. Sean Higgins & Nora Lustig, 2015. "Can Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 1333, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    16. Stéphane Mussard & Françoise Seyte & Michel Terraza, 2006. "La décomposition de l’indicateur de Gini en sous-groupes : une revue de la littérature," Cahiers de recherche 06-11, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
    17. Roberto Ezcurra & Pedro Pascual & Manuel Rapún, 2005. "Territorial Mobility: A Measuring Proposal," Documentos de Trabajo - Lan Gaiak Departamento de Economía - Universidad Pública de Navarra 0504, Departamento de Economía - Universidad Pública de Navarra.
    18. Satya R. Chakravarty & Palash Sarkar, 2023. "Notes on the postulate of the monotonicity in distance in inequality," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(2), pages 312-322, April.
    19. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2004. "A Re-scaled Version of the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke Poverty Indices based on an Association with the Minkowski Distance Function," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-10, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    20. Nicholas Rohde, 2016. "J-divergence measurements of economic inequality," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 179(3), pages 847-870, June.

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