On measuring group-differentials displayed by socioeconomic indicators

Udaya Mishra and S. Subramanian

Applied Economics Letters, 2006, vol. 13, issue 8, 519-521

Abstract: This is a very short and elementary note which points (in a continuation of a recent tradition in the literature) to the importance of taking account of the level of a socioeconomic indicator in comparing group-differentials displayed by it. The requirement of 'level sensitivity' is captured in a couple of axioms, and a measure of differential, which satisfies both these axioms, is advanced. An empirical illustration of the note's concerns is also provided.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850500400413

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