Relative Deprivation with Imperfect Information

Paolo Verme and Rima Izem ()
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Rima Izem: Statistics Department, Harvard University

Economics Bulletin, 2008, vol. 4, issue 7, pages 1-9

Abstract: The paper proposes an alternative index of relative deprivation which allows for selection of the reference group and imperfect information, two central elements of modern theories of social justice. An application to real data and a simulation on artificial data illustrate the use and some properties of the index.

Keywords: Inequality; Relative Deprivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-03-12
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