Measuring Inequality: On the Correlation Between Indices

Paolo Figini

No 229, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: A preliminary step in the measurement of inequality regards the choice of the index to use. Several indices exist, each one responding to a built-in aversion to inequality, and the choice affects conclusions. But how much? And in which way? We test the ranking correlation between inequality indices, by drawing a distinction between cases involving non-intersecting and intersecting Lorenz curves.

Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2000-04
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