A distribution-free test for deprivation dominance

Kuan Xu and Lars Osberg

Econometric Reviews, 1998, vol. 17, issue 4, 415-429

Abstract: The Raw1sian perspective on social policy pays particular attentionto the least advantaged members of society, but how should "the least advantaged" be identified? The concept of deprivation dominance operationalizes in part the Rawlsian evaluation of the welfare of the least advantaged members of society, but a statistical procedure for testing deprivation dominance is needed. In this paper, we construct a new distribution-free test for deprivation dominance and apply i t to Canadian income survey data

Keywords: deprivation profile; deprivation dominance; poverty; welfare; asymptotic distribution; statistical test; JEL Classification:C12; I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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