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- Title
Inequality and deprivation within and between groups: An illustration of European union countries.
- Authors
Bárcena-Martín, Elena; Imedio-Olmedo, Luis; Martín-Reyes, Guillermina
- Abstract
This paper broadens the approach of Hey and Lambert ( Q. J. Econ. 95,567–573 ) regarding relative deprivation to the case in which individuals compare themselves with individuals belonging not only to their own group, but also to other groups. In this way, we obtain the average deprivation of a population in relation to another. This allows us to establish a correspondence between the decomposition of the Gini coefficient based on a partition of the population, and the decomposition of deprivation into two components. One quantifies deprivation within the subpopulation and the other deprivation between populations. An empirical illustration is given, based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP).
- Subjects
GINI coefficient; MATHEMATICAL models of income distribution; INCOME; WEALTH; EUROPEAN Union
- Publication
Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007, Vol 5, Issue 3, p323
- ISSN
1569-1721
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10888-006-9046-4