An Index of Inequality: With Applications to Horizontal Equity and Social Mobility

DOI10.2307/1912250zbMATH Open0515.90022OpenAlexW2028248994MaRDI QIDQ3662954FDOQ3662954

Mervyn King

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w0468.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

optimal taxationsocial mobilityinequality indexhorizontal equitynon-utilitarian social welfare function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

Cited In (6)

• Measurement of income mobility: a re-examination
• International income mobility.
• On the equitability of progressive taxation
• An empirically based just linear income tax system
• The measurement of rank mobility
• Ethical indices of income mobility

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