On multidimensional diversity orderings with categorical variables

Mariateresa Ciommi and Ernesto Savaglio ()

Department of Economics University of Siena from Department of Economics, University of Siena

Abstract: We axiomatically characterize a family of multidimensional diversity orderings which evaluates the dissimilarity of a population of individuals who di§er in many personal attributes represented by categorical variables. An empirical application highlights the relevance and the easy applicability of our analysis

Keywords: Multidimensional Diversity; Categorical variables; Orderings. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I30 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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