An Index of Inequality: With Applications to Horizontal Equity and Social Mobility

DOI10.2307/1912250zbMath0515.90022OpenAlexW2028248994MaRDI QIDQ3662954

Mervyn A. King

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w0468.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

inequality indexoptimal taxationsocial mobilityhorizontal equitynon-utilitarian social welfare function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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