What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure?
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- Bosmans, Kristof & Decancq, Koen & Ooghe, Erwin, 2015. "What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure?," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 94-104.
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Keywords
multidimensional inequality measurement; efficiency; uniform majorization; correlation increasing majorization;JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2013-09-26 (All new papers)
- NEP-HAP-2013-09-26 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2013-09-26 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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