Some Reflections on the Social Welfare Bases of the Measurement of Global Income Inequality

Andrea Brandolini () and Francesca Carta

Journal of Globalization and Development, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: This paper examines the social welfare bases of the measurement of income inequality among the inhabitants of the world. We develop a general family of global inequality indices which encompasses different concepts of global equity, from the cosmopolitan to the nationalist view. The analysis also provides an interpretation of the EU-wide inequality measures adopted in European statistics.

Keywords: European Union inequality; global income inequality; global social welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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