Segregation, Informativeness and Lorenz Dominance

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Casilda Lasso de la Vega

University of the Basque Country - Department of Applied Economics IV

Oscar Volij

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics

Date Written: December 13, 2013

Abstract

It is possible to partially order cities according to the informativeness of neighborhoods about their ethnic groups. It is also possible to partially order cities with two ethnic groups according to them Lorenz criterion. We show that a segregation order satisfies four well-established segregation principles if and only if it is consistent with the informativeness criterion. We then use this result to show that for the two-group case, the Lorenz and the informativeness criteria are equivalent.

Keywords: Segregation, informativeness, Lorenz dominance, Blackwell's theorem

JEL Classification: C43, C81, D63

Suggested Citation

Lasso de la Vega, Casilda and Volij, Oscar, Segregation, Informativeness and Lorenz Dominance (December 13, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2735814 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2735814

Casilda Lasso de la Vega

University of the Basque Country - Department of Applied Economics IV ( email )

Barrio Sarriena s/n
Leioa, Bizkaia 48940
Spain

Oscar Volij (Contact Author)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics ( email )

Beer-Sheva 84105
Israel

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