Dynamic Measures of Individual Deprivation

Walter Bossert and Conchita D'Ambrosio

No 12, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: We introduce a one-parameter class of individual deprivation measures. Motivated by a suggestion of Runciman, we modify Yitzhaki’s index by multiplying it by a function that is interpreted as measuring the part of deprivation generated by an agent’s observation that others in his reference group move on to a higher level of income than himself. The parameter reflects the relative weight given to these dynamic considerations, and the standard Yitzhaki index is obtained as a special case. In addition, we characterize more general classes of measures that pay attention to this important dynamic aspect of deprivation

Keywords: Deprivation; Equity; Individual Well-Being. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2005-12
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Journal Article: Dynamic Measures of Individual Deprivation (2007)
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Working Paper: Dynamic Measures of Individual Deprivation (2005)
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