The BIP Trilogy (bipolarization, inequality and polarization): One saga but three different stories

Joseph Deutsch, Alessio Fusco and Jacques Silber

Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), 2013, vol. 7, No 2013-22, 33 pages

Abstract: Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and polarization and then suggests using the so-called Shapley decomposition to show that the various income sources have a different impact on these three types of indicators. Our empirical investigation, based on 2008 data for Luxembourg, shows in fact that, in the case of the so-called zero income Shapley decomposition, inequality in Luxembourg is strongly related to income from capital while bi-polarization is mainly due to the distribution of income from work and polarization to that of the income from work and transfers.

Keywords: bi-polarization; income sources; inequality; Luxembourg; polarization; Shapley decomposition procedure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-22

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