This article considers the problem of deriving a numerical measure of segregation, i.e., a measure of inequality in the … distribution of people across groups. It proposes a list of eight desirable properties for a good numerical measure of segregation …. These properties yield a class of segregation indexes that are related to generalized entropy indexes of income inequality …

This paper considers the problem of measuring segregation when groups form a hierarchy whereby some groups have greater … economic status than others. While existing measures of segregation address the case where people are unequally distributed … segregation where women have limited access to high wage occupations. This paper first defines a class of segregation indexes that …