Income Poverty, Affluence and Polarisation Viewed From The Median

Rolf Aaberge, Anthony Atkinson and Henrik Sigstad

CASE Papers from Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE

Abstract: The present paper brings together different features of the distribution of income - poverty, affluence and dispersion - in a single framework that allows ready comparisons across countries. We believe that such a unified framework contributes both to the policy debate and to the theoretical understanding of inequality. There are at present largely separate literatures on the measurement of poverty, and (to a limited degree) affluence, and on bi-polariszation. In relation to the EU social indicators, the paper may be seen as providing complementary information.

Keywords: poverty; inequality; polarisation; affluence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-12
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