Inequality and income gaps

Ian Peter Preston ()

No W06/25, IFS Working Papers from Institute for Fiscal Studies

Abstract:

This paper discusses inequality orderings based explicitly on closing up of income gaps, demonstrating the links between these and other orderings, the classes of functions preserving the orderings and applications showing their usefulness in comparison of economic policies.

Keywords: Inequality; income distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-12
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