Intermediate inequality: Concepts, indices, and welfare implications

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(90)90055-CzbMath0753.90015OpenAlexW2091803403MaRDI QIDQ1813695

Andreas Pfingsten, Walter Bossert

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(90)90055-c

zbMATH Keywords

intermediate inequality concept

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Social choice (91B14)

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