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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 崔启源教授 (经济学系) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003550050136 |
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摘要This paper generalizes the axiomatic approach to the design of income inequality measures to the multiattribute context. While the extension of most axioms considered desirable for inequality indices is straightforward, it is not entirely clear when a situation is more unequal than another when each person is characterised by a vector of attributes of wellbeing. We explore two majorization criteria which are partial orders ranking distributions of attributes by their degree of inequality. The two criteria are motivated by the Pigou-Dalton Transfer Principle in the unidimensional context and its equivalent formulation. These criteria gauge inequality loosely speaking with respect to the dispersion of the multidimensional distribution of the attributes. They, however, fail to address a different dimension of multivariate inequality pertaining to an increase in the correlation of the attributes. In this connection, this paper introduces a correlation-increasing majorization criterion proposed by Poland and Proschan (1988). Finally, in conjunction with other axioms commonly invoked in the literature on inequality, the majorization criteria lead inexorably to the class of multidimensional generalized entropy measures.
着者Tsui KY
期刊名称Social Choice and Welfare
出版年份1999
月份1
日期1
卷号16
期次1
出版社SPRINGER VERLAG
页次145 - 157
国际标準期刊号0176-1714
电子国际标準期刊号1432-217X
语言英式英语
Web of Science 学科类别Business & Economics; Economics; ECONOMICS; Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences; Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods; SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS
