A Paradox for Inequality Indices

Satya Chakravarty and Palash Sarkar ()
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Palash Sarkar: Indian Statistical Institute

No 559, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: This paper identifies a paradox for inequality indices which is similar to the well known Simpson’s paradox in statistics. For the Gini and Bonferroni indices, concrete examples of the paradox are provided and general methods are described for obtaining examples of the paradox for arbitrary sizepopulation.

Keywords: inequality; paradox; Gini index; Bonferroni index; Simpson’s paradox (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 D31 D63 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2020-08
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