Abstract
An inequality index over p dimensions of well-being is decomposable by attributes if it can expressed as a function of p unidimensional inequality indices and a measure of association between the various dimensions of well-being. We exploit this decomposition framework to derive joint hypothesis tests regarding the sources of multidimensional inequality, and present Monte Carlo evidence on their finite sample behavior.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 138-142 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Economics Letters |
Volume | 141 |
Early online date | 27 Feb 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2016 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgmentsThis work has been undertaken with the support of the A*MIDEX project (n ∘ ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02) funded by the “Investissements d’Avenir” French Government program, managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR). We are grateful to Julian Williams, Editor Badi H. Baltagi and an anonymous referee for helpful comments. We are responsible for any errors.
Keywords
- multidimensional inequality indices
- large sample distributions
- joint hypothesis tests
- bootstrap