Intermediate inequality and welfare

Coral del Rio Otero and Javier Ruiz-Castillo

Social Choice and Welfare, 2000, vol. 17, issue 2, 223-239

Abstract: We introduce a new centrist or intermediate inequality concept, between the usual relative and absolute notions, which is shown to be a variant of the -ray invariant inequality measures in Pfingsten and Seidl (1997). We say that distributions x and y have the same (x, )-inequality if the total income difference between them is allocated among the individuals as follows: 100% preserving income shares in x, and 100(1-)% in equal absolute amounts. This notion can be made as operational as current standard methods in Shorrocks (1983).

Date: 2000-02-28
Note: Received: 13 May 1998/Accepted: 25 January 1999
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