This paper focuses on two main issues which are crucial for improving on the analysis of multidimensional inequality: the effect of both the dispersion of well-being attributes across individuals and the interaction among attributes on the measurement of multidimensional well-being. To approach these distributional questions we rely on the Atkinson, Kolm, Sen (hereafter AKS) methodology, which defines a multidimensional inequality index consistent with the Pigou-Dalton principle. This index can be decomposed into univariate indexes belonging to the class of AKS indexes, and a residual term accounting for the interaction across dimensions. The empirical application investigates the evolution of inequality in well-being across some EU countries between 1994 and 2001.Since the multidimensional index depends on the values assigned to the parameters, we test the sensitivity of the trend in well-being to the degree of inequality aversion on each dimension. Our empirical results summarize the evolution of inequality for the indicators of well-being considered both separately and jointly, over time and across countries. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Croci Angelini, E., & Michelangeli, A. (2012). Axiomatic measurement of multidimensional well-being inequality: Some distributional questions. JOURNAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS, 41(5), 548-557 [10.1016/j.socec.2012.04.006].
Citazione: | Croci Angelini, E., & Michelangeli, A. (2012). Axiomatic measurement of multidimensional well-being inequality: Some distributional questions. JOURNAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS, 41(5), 548-557 [10.1016/j.socec.2012.04.006]. | |
Tipo: | Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico | |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica | |
Presenza di un coautore afferente ad Istituzioni straniere: | No | |
Titolo: | Axiomatic measurement of multidimensional well-being inequality: Some distributional questions | |
Autori: | Croci Angelini, E; Michelangeli, A | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 | |
Lingua: | English | |
Rivista: | JOURNAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2012.04.006 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |