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Cowell, Frank; Ebert, Udo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Temkin (1986,1993) sets out a philosophical basis for the analysis of income inequality that provides an important alternative to the mainstream welfarist approach. We show that the Temkin principles can be characterised by a parsimonious axiomatic structure and we use this structure to derive a...

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Measuring inequality by counting 'complaints': theory and empirics

Devooght, Kurt - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

on the concept of 'complaints' or distances between incomes. We examine the Temkin approach by means of the questionnaire … the Weighted Additive Principle and the Average view of complaints. The questionnaire results also shed some light towards …

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Measuring Inequality by Counting Complaints: Theory and Empirics

Devooght, Kurt - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2002

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Characterizing inequality benchmark incomes

Roope, Laurence - In: Economic theory bulletin 7 (2019) 1, pp. 131-145

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Attitudes towards Risk and Inequality: A Questionnaire-Experimental Approach

Amiel, Yoram; Cowell, Frank A - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2001

Orderings of income distribution in terms of inequality should be closely related to orderings in terms of risk. Using a novel mult-country questgionnaire experiment we examine the basis for this claim in terms of respondents' distributional perceptions. We show that in terms of both inequality...

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Inequality and Envy

Cowell, Frank A; Ebert, Udo - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2006

Using a simple axiomatic structure we characterise two classes ofinequality indices - absolute and relative - that take into account "envy"in the income distribution. The concept of envy incorporated hereconcerns the distance of each person's income from his or herimmediately richer neighbour....

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Perceptions of risk : an experimental approach using internet questionnaires

Cowell, Frank; Cruces, Guillermo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Building on previous studies on perceptions of inequality, welfare and risk we investigate the structure of individuals' rankings of uncertain prospects in terms of risk and their relationship to individual preferences. We examine three interlinked propositions that are fundamental to the...

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Inequality and envy

Cowell, Frank; Ebert, U - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Using a simple axiomatic structure we characterise two classes of inequality indices - absolute and relative - that take into account “envy” in the income distribution. The concept of envy incorporated here concerns the distance of each person’s income from his or her immediately richer...

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Perceptions of Risk: an Experimental Approach using Internet Questionnaires

Cowell, Frank A; Cruces, Guillermo - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2003

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Gini, deprivation and complaints

Cowell, Frank - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

, founded on the notion of individual “complaints” about income distribution. Under certain specifications of the relationship … between complaints and personal incomes it can be shown that a concept similar to the concept of deprivation then emerges. In … and Lorenz orderings on the one hand and deprivation, poverty and complaints on the other hand. …

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