A Height-Based Multidimensional Extension of the Lorenz Preorder for Integer-Valued Distributions

Savaglio Ernesto () and Vannucci Stefano ()
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Savaglio Ernesto: Dipartimento di Economia, Universita degli Studi Gabriele d’Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, viale Pindaro, 42, Pescara65127, Italy; Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Statistica, Universita degli Studi di Siena, piazza San Francesco, 7, Siena53100, Italy
Vannucci Stefano: Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Statistica, Universita degli Studi di Siena, piazza San Francesco, 7, Siena53100, Italy

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2017, vol. 17, issue 2, 8

Abstract: We study multidimensional inequality on integers. In such a setting, a Lorenz-like preorder and a suitably adapted version of the Muirhead-Pigou-Dalton transfers are defined, and a counterpart of some classic results on inequality measurement is established in this multivariate setting.

Keywords: height-function; multidimensional inequality; poset; transfers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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