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Reference groups and individual deprivation |
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| Authors: | Walter Bossert Conchita D'Ambrosio |
| Institution: | aDépartement de Sciences Economiques and CIREQ, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Canada, QC H3C 3J7;bUniversità di Milano-Bicocca and DIW Berlin, Germany |
| Abstract: | We provide an axiomatization of Yitzhaki's index of individual deprivation. Our result differs from an earlier characterization due to Ebert and Moyes in the way the reference group of an individual is represented in the model. |
| Keywords: | Income distribution Deprivation Equity |
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