How should we make value judgments about wealth inequality? Harsanyi (1953) proposes to take an individual who … competition or contest. We find that inequality can be captured through the equilibrium properties of such a game. We connect the … inequality measures so derived to existing measures of inequality, and demonstrate the conditions under which they satisfy the …

Equivalence Scales are a tool for removing the heterogeneity of household sizes in the measurement of inequality, and …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research …

Equivalence Scales are a tool for removing the heterogeneity of household sizes in the measurement of inequality, and …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research …

-units) on inequality and poverty statistics using Irish microdata. We find that benchmark equivalence scales result in … attributable to changes in the adult weight. Inequality statistics tend to be less sensitive to the choice of equivalence scale but ….35. Other inequality metrics, such as the p90p10 ratio, exhibit increased volatility over the business cycle at sub …

multidimensional deprivation using the MDI is that this index is sensitive to inequality and can be fully broken down by deprivation …

for poverty and inequality measurement. Methods that assign each household member a per-adult share of household …To describe and understand the economic inequality in a given so- ciety, it is necessary to understand intra …-household inequality. House- holds can hide important inequalities, but can also be essential units for redistribution in society. This …

addressing this challenge and providing methods for ethical poverty, welfare, and inequality comparisons with univariate ordered …