Inequality and isoelastic equivalence scales: restrictions and implications

DOI10.1007/s00355-016-1004-xzbMath1392.91076OpenAlexW2559039696MaRDI QIDQ2397658

Udo Ebert, Patrick Moyes

Publication date: 23 May 2017

Published in: Social Choice and Welfare (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-016-1004-x

zbMATH Keywords

household incomeinequality of well-beingisoelastic equivalence scale

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Welfare economics (91B15)

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