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| Author: | Shorrocks, A. F. Foster, J. E. |
| Title: | Transfer sensitive inequality measures. |
| Journal: | Review of Economic Studies
1987 : JUL, VOL. 54:179, p. 485-497 |
| Index terms: | INEQUALITY ECONOMIC THEORY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The definition of transfer sensitivity that has obvious similarities with the conventional statement of the Pigou-Dalton condition is discussed. The conditions that are known to be equivalent to an "unambiguous" inequality judgment based on Pigou-Dalton indices, and it is shown how an analogous result can be obtained for the conclusive inequality ranking based on transfer sensitive inequality measures. Simple necessary and sufficient conditions for a conclusive inequality ranking of distributions whose Lorenz curves intersect just once are provided. |
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