Fairness and Gini decomposition

Domenico Moramarco

Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 233, issue C

Abstract: We propose a new decomposition of the Gini coefficient that nests a structuralist and an individualistic definition of unfair inequality, as well as ex ante and ex post measures of inequality of opportunity. We illustrate the decomposition on Belgian data, highlighting the source of a consistent difference between these views about unfair inequality.

Keywords: Equal opportunity; Gini decomposition; Individualism; Structuralism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111409

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