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Dual Decomposable Inequality Measures

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  • Udo Ebert

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This paper proposes a new single parameter family of (relative) inequality measures possessing the usual properties. Though the inequality orderings they imply are well-known, the measures are of interest since they allow to decompose inequality. When the population is divided into subgroups they are able to describe how much of overall inequality is due to inequality within subgroups and how much is due to inequality between subgroups. The decomposition procedure is new and reflects the standard of living in subgroups.

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  • Udo Ebert, 1999. "Dual Decomposable Inequality Measures," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 32(1), pages 234-246, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:32:y:1999:i:1:p:234-246
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    1. Ebert, Udo, 2010. "The decomposition of inequality reconsidered: Weakly decomposable measures," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 60(2), pages 94-103, September.
    2. Maria Giovanna MONTI, 2007. "A note on the Dagum decomposition of the Gini inequality index," Departmental Working Papers 2007-16, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano.
    3. Giuseppe Pignataro, 2009. "Decomposing equality of opportunity by income sources," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(2), pages 702-711.
    4. Stéphane Mussard & Michel Terraza, 2009. "Décompositions des mesures d'inégalité : le cas des coefficients de Gini et d'entropie," Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université, vol. 75(2), pages 151-181.
    5. 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.
    6. Ebert, Udo, 1997. "Linear inequality concepts and social welfare," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 6596, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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