Joint hypothesis tests for multidimensional inequality indices

Ramses Abul Naga, Yajie Shen and Hong Il Yoo

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Abstract: An inequality index over p dimensions of well-being is decomposable by attributes if it can expressed as a function of p unidimensional inequality indices and a measure of association between the various dimensions of well-being. We exploit this decomposition framework to derive joint hypothesis tests regarding the sources of multidimensional inequality, and present Monte Carlo evidence on their finite sample behavior.

Keywords: Multidimensional inequality indices; Large sample distributions; Joint hypothesis tests; Bootstrap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-02-27
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Published in Economics Letters, 27, February, 2016, 141, pp. 138-142. ISSN: 0165-1765

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