Social welfare and the Gini coefficient revisited

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(85)90003-4zbMath0566.90010OpenAlexW2013164079MaRDI QIDQ1059539

Peter J. Lambert

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(85)90003-4

zbMATH Keywords

Gini coefficientsocial welfare functionsrankings of income distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Social choice (91B14)

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