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Faces of inequality: a mixed methods approach to multidimensional inequalities

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  • Bleynat, Ingrid
  • Segal, Paul

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This paper presents a new mixed methods approach to measuring and understanding multidimensional inequalities, and applies it to new data for Mexico City. We incorporate quantitative and qualitative dimensions of inequality, integrating the concerns of both economists and sociologists. The method combines standard quantitative income gradients with two new ways of conceptualizing qualitative inequalities that relate to lived experiences, all based on the same underlying income distribution. First, we introduce the method of qualitative income gradients, or what we call inequalities of lived experience. These compare qualitative experiences in fields such as work, or health and education services, across the entire income distribution. Second, we describe lived experiences of inequality, which are experiences of social hierarchy, stigma, or domination, including those associated with categorical inequalities of gender or race. This portrayal of inequality combines the representativeness of quantitative approaches with the depth and nuance of qualitative analyses of lived experience and social relations.

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  • Bleynat, Ingrid & Segal, Paul, 2021. "Faces of inequality: a mixed methods approach to multidimensional inequalities," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 111041, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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