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UPPER BOUNDEDNESS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF RELATIVE DEPRIVATION |
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| Authors: | Lucio Esposito |
| Affiliation: | University of East Anglia |
| Abstract: | A new index of relative deprivation is derived axiomatically. Thanks to an asymptotically concave individual contribution function, the new measure provides a sounder quantification to the concept of relative deprivation as conceptualized in the seminal work of Runciman (1966 ) and better reflects the sociological connotations of the phenomenon. |
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