Decomposition of bivariate inequality indices by attributes

Pre-print, Working paper: We provide, for the class of relative bidimensional inequality indices, a decomposition of inequality into two univariate Atkinson- Kolm-Sen indices and a third statistic which depends on the joint distribution of resources.

Author(s)

Ramses H. Abul Naga, Pierre-Yves Geoffard

Date of publication
  • 2005
Keywords JEL
D31 D63
Keywords
  • Multidimensional inequality
  • Relative indices
  • Correlation increasing transfers
  • Copulas
Internal reference
  • PSE Working Papers n°2005-36
Version
  • 1