An Atkinson-Gini Family of Social Evaluation Functions: Theory and Illustration Using Data from the Luxembourg Income Study

Abdelkrim Araar and Jean-Yves Duclos ()

No 416, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: We investigate the properties of a family of social evaluation functions and inequality indices which merge the features of the family of Atkinson (1970) and S-Gini (Donaldson and Weymark (1980, 1983), Yitzhaki (1983) and Kakwani (1980)) indices. Income inequality aversion is captured by decreasing marginal utilities, and aversion to rank inequality is captured by rank-dependent ethical weights, thus providing an ethically-flexible dual basis for the assessment of inequality and equity. We demonstrate a few of their interesting properties. We also illustrate their application using data from the Luxembourg Income Study.

Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2005-10
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Published in Finances Publiques 54, no. 3/4 (2006): 191-209

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