Shorrocks, Anthony; Slottje, Daniel - In: Journal of Economics 77 (2002) 1, pp. 91-117
set of indices. This paper considers various subsets of inequality measures that respect Lorenz dominance, and assesses … results suggest that Lorenz dominance can be predicted with 99% accuracy using just 3 or 4 inequality measures, as long as two …. These results lead us to question the faith placed in procedures based on a finite set of inequality indices, and to suggest …