Australian Economic Papers · 2001 · 81 citations · 16 references
Social SciencesEconomicsSociologyEconomic DevelopmentPublic EconomicsSocial InequalityHousehold EconomicsIncome DistributionIncome MeasurementInequalitySocioeconomic AnalysisWelfare EconomicsHousehold Expenditure AnalysisHousehold Expenditure SurveysHousehold Welfare MeasurementIncome Inequality MeasurementIncome PolarizationMoral PolarizationRelative Index Of InequalityWelfare Effects Analysis
In this paper we explore the possibility of using the Atkinson (1970) – Kolm (1969) – Sen (1973) general ethical index in polarisation measurement. It is shown that though inequality and polarisation are two dissimilar concepts, different indices of inequality may be used to generate alternative indices of polarisation. A numerical illustration based on Indian household expenditure survey data is provided using several polarisation indices.
16
On the measurement of inequality
Anthony B. Atkinson · Journal of Economic Theory · 1970 · 6.4K citations
Economics and Information Theory
M. V. Rama Sastry, Henri Theil · Econometrica · 1969 · 2.1K citations
The Class of Additively Decomposable Inequality Measures
Anthony Shorrocks · Econometrica · 1980 · 1.7K citations
On a Class of Poverty Measures
Nanak Kakwani · Econometrica · 1980 · 766 citations