The measurement of economic inequality

Reference : The measurement of economic inequality


	Document type :	Parts of books : Contribution to collective works
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Business & economic sciences : Economic systems & public economics Business & economic sciences : Social economics
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35087

Title :	The measurement of economic inequality
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Jenkins, Stephen P. [London School of Economics]
	Van Kerm, Philippe [Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research - LISER]
Publication date :	2009
Main document title :	Oxford Handbook on Economic Inequality
Editor :	Salverda, Wiemer
	Nolan, Brian
	Smeeding, Timothy M.
Publisher :	Oxford University Press
Pages :	40-67
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Abstract :	[en] This article provides an introduction to methods for the measurement of economic inequality. It reviews the inequality measures that economists have developed, and explains how one might choose between indices or check whether conclusions about inequality difference can be derived without choosing any specific index. It reviews mobility measurement and some fundamental questions about how the distributions of economic interest are defined.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/35087
DOI :	10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199606061.013.0003
Other URL :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199606061.013.0003

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