A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation

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We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p , the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight (the case of p >1), and an increasing weight (the case of p∈(0,1) ) accorded to given changes in the incomes of the individuals who are wealthier than the reference individual, depending on their proximity in the income distribution to the reference individual.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance ; No. 101

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Factor Income Distribution ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
• Subject: Income distribution ; Relative deprivation ; Sensitivity to income transfers between wealthier individuals ; Sensitivity to the proximity of changes in others' incomes

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stark, Oded ; Bielawski, Jakub ; Falniowski, Fryderyk
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• (where): Tübingen
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15496/publikation-19197
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/169393
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-777974
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET