Arbeitspapier
Inequality Comparisons with Ordinal Data
Non-intersection of appropriately-defined Generalized Lorenz (GL) curves is equivalent to a unanimous ranking of distributions of ordinal data by all Cowell and Flachaire (Economica 2017) indices of inequality and by a new index based on GL curve areas. Comparisons of life satisfaction distributions for six countries reveal a substantial number of unanimous inequality rankings.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12811
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
General Welfare; Well-Being
- Thema
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inequality
ordinal data
subjective well-being
life satisfaction
World Values Survey
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Jenkins, Stephen P.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2019
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
- 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Jenkins, Stephen P.
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2019