Measures of Distributional Change: An Axiomatic Approach

DOI10.2307/2297475MaRDI QIDQ3339625zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frank A. Cowell

Publication date 1985

Published in Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2297475

zbMATH Keywords

axiomatic approachhorizontal inequityIncome mobilitymeasures of distributional change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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