Extensions of a Measure of Polarization with an Application to the Income Distribution of Five OECD Countries

Joan Esteban (), Carlos Gradín and Debraj Ray

No 218, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: We introduce an extension of the Esteban and Ray [Econometrica, 1994] measure of polarization that can be applied to density functions. As a by-product we also derive the Wolfson [AER, 1994] measure as a special case. This derivation has the virtue of casting both measures in the context of a (statistically) unified framework. We study the polarization of the distribution of household income for five OECD countries (LIS database): US, UK, Canada, Germany and Sweden.

Pages: 34 pages
Date: 1999-11
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Journal Article: An Extension of a Measure of Polarization, with an application to the income distribution of five OECD countries (2007)
Working Paper: Extension of a Measure of Polarization, with an Application to the Income Distribution of Five OECD Countries (1999)
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