Measuring group disadvantage with indices based on relative distributions
<p>A long literature on between-group inequality in Social Science and Statistics has developed statistical tools (indices and tests) in order to measure the extent of inequality of opportunity or, more narrowly, gender inequality. In this paper I propose a family of new indices which measure...
Main Author: | Yalonetzky, G |
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Format: | Working paper |
Language: | English |
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Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
2010
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