Measures of distance between income distributions (Q789304)
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Measures of distance between income distributions (English)
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1984
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This paper presents a class of measures of distance between two income distributions. The measures are based on distribution functions and evaluate the degree of inequality of income between two populations. This class of measures is derived by an axiomatic approach and it is completely characterized by the properties normally associated with a distance function and a set of axioms.
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distance measures between income distributions
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degree of income inequality
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axiomatic approach
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