A unidimensional representation of multidimensional inequality, with an application to the Arab region

Mohamad Khaled, Paul Makdissi (), D.S. Prasada Rao () and Myra Yazbeck ()
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Myra Yazbeck: Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada

No 659, Discussion Papers Series from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: This paper links the literature on multidimensional inequality with Alkire and Fos- ter's (2011) counting approach to multidimensional poverty measurement. In doing so, it offers a multidimensional inequality framework applicable to any data used in applied multidimensional poverty analysis. The paper first introduces two new graphical tools: the multidimensional complaint incidence curve and the cumulative multidimensional complaint incidence curve. We then develop the dominance conditions associated with these two visual tools. These dominance conditions identify robust orderings of multi- dimensional inequality comparisons. It also provides the estimation and the statistical testing procedure linked with these dominance conditions. To show the applicability of the proposed approach, the paper offers an application of the theoretical conditions developed in the paper using two types of survey data for Arab countries. The em- pirical application shows that the method proposed in this paper also applies to the analysis of multidimensional inequality in developing countries with limited statistical information.

Keywords: Multidimensional inequality; Stochastic Dominance; Multidimensional; complaint incidence curve; Cumulative multidimensional complaint curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-01
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