The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures

Kristof Bosmans and Frank Cowell ()

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 109, issue 3, 154-156

Abstract: We provide a parsimonious axiomatisation of the complete class of absolute inequality indices. Our approach uses only a weak form of decomposability and does not require a priori that the measures be differentiable.

Keywords: Inequality; measures; Decomposability; Translation; invariance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Working Paper: The Class of Absolute Decomposable Inequality Measures (2009)
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