Inequality and income gaps

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Report , Part of book or chapter of book , Research , Preprint 05 Dec 2006Publisher:Institute for Fiscal StudiesJournal:Working Paper Series (issn: 1742-0415,

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Authors: Ian Preston;

doi: 10.1920/wp.ifs.2006.0625 , 10.1016/s1049-2585(07)15003-1

handle: 10419/71443

Inequality and income gaps

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Abstract

This paper discusses inequality orderings based explicitly on closing up of income gaps, demonstrating the links between these and other orderings, the classes of functions preserving the orderings and applications showing their usefulness in comparison of economic policies. – Inequality ; income distribution

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ddc:330, D63, D31, Inequality, income distribution, jel: jel:D63, jel: jel:D31

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