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A General Class of Social Distance Measures

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  • Brown, Graham K.
  • Langer, Arnim

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Measures of diversity and disparity within a population are used for investigating a range of developmental outcomes, but often by employing “off-the-shelf” indicators that may not be theoretically appropriate for the hypotheses under investigation. In this article, we proposed a general class of social distance measures that both enables us to see the conceptual relationship between different existing measures of heterogeneity more clearly and is sufficiently flexible to allow for the development of tailored hypothesis-specific measures. We show how a range of existing aggregate measures of diversity and disparity fit within the general class and demonstrate illustratively how the measure can be used to develop more precise hypothesis-specific measures.

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  • Brown, Graham K. & Langer, Arnim, 2016. "A General Class of Social Distance Measures," Political Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(2), pages 211-225, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:polals:v:24:y:2016:i:02:p:211-225_01
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    1. Iwona Forys & Malgorzata Blaszke, 2021. "The Role of Administrative Courts in Shaping the Content of Local Spatial Development Plans in Poland," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 3), pages 220-232.

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