Taking empirical studies seriously: The principle of concentration and the measurement of welfare and inequality

DOI10.1007/s00355-008-0339-3zbMath1180.91106OpenAlexW1971896149MaRDI QIDQ733802

Udo Ebert

Publication date: 19 October 2009

Published in: Social Choice and Welfare (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-008-0339-3

zbMATH Keywords

inequalityempirical studysocial welfare orderingprogressive transfer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Welfare economics (91B15)

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