Measuring inequality and welfare when some inequalities matter more than others

Marc Fleurbaey (), Domenico Moramarco () and Vito Peragine
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Marc Fleurbaey: Paris School of Economics
Domenico Moramarco: University of Bari

No 03-2024, SERIES from Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Abstract: This paper proposes a unified framework to measure inequality and social welfare in the case in which both inequalities between groups and inequalities within groups matter, but priority is recognized to the former. This novel approach can be applied to a variety of contexts, including the analysis of inequalities of opportunity, ethnic discrimination and gender disparities. The empirical part of the paper analyzes two relevant cases: (i) the evolution of income inequality and ethnic discrimination in the United States during the period 1970-2014; (ii) the comparison of four European countries - Italy, Spain, France and Germany - in terms of inequality of opportunity.

Keywords: inequality; social welfare; horizontal inequalities; inequality of opportunity; ethnic discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 D63 I30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 277
Date: 2024-09, Revised 2024-09
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