Measures of Distributional Change: An Axiomatic Approach

DOI10.2307/2297475zbMath0547.90020OpenAlexW2050554520MaRDI QIDQ3339625

Frank A. Cowell

Publication date: 1985

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

axiomatic approachIncome mobilityhorizontal inequitymeasures of distributional change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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