Proximity-sensitive individual deprivation measures

Reference : Proximity-sensitive individual deprivation measures


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Business & economic sciences : Economic systems & public economics
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/12894

Title :	Proximity-sensitive individual deprivation measures
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	D'Ambrosio, Conchita [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Bossert, Walter [Université de Montréal - UdeM]
Publication date :	2014
Journal title :	Economics Letters
Publisher :	Elsevier Science
Volume :	122
Pages :	125-128
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi^lu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0165-1765
Keywords :	[en] Income distribution ; relative deprivation ; equity
Abstract :	[en] We propose and characterize a generalization of the classical linear index of individual deprivation based on income shortfalls. Unlike the original measure, our class allows for increases in the income of a higher-income individual to have a stronger impact on a person’s deprivation the closer they occur to the income of the individual whose deprivation is being assessed. The subclass of our measures with this property is axiomatized in our second result.
Funders :	Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR
Name of the research project :	R-STR-3064-00 > PEARL-Inst Socio-Economic Inequality > 01/01/2014 - 19/01/2048 > CHAUVEL Louis
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/12894
DOI :	10.1016/j.econlet.2013.11.009

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