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Bi-Polarization Comparisons


Jean-Yves Duclos


Laval University; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Damien Echevin


Ministere de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie - Direction de la Prevision
October 2003

CIRPEE Working Paper No. 03-41

Abstract:     
This note provides simple tests for first-order bi-polarization orderings of distributions of living standards. In doing so, the paper also offers an ethical basis and an interpretation for the common use of some simple measures of distances from the median. Illustrations using Luxembourg Income Study data show that several countries can be ranked by such tests of bi-polarization.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 14

Keywords: Polarization, inequality, stochastic dominance, relative poverty

JEL Classification: D31, D63, I32

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Date posted: November 8, 2003  

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Duclos, Jean-Yves and Echevin, Damien, Bi-Polarization Comparisons (October 2003). CIRPEE Working Paper No. 03-41. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=462486 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.462486

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Jean-Yves Duclos (Contact Author)
Laval University ( email )
Quebec G1K 7P4
Canada
418-656-7096 (Phone)
418-656-9727 (Fax)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany
Damien Echevin
Ministere de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie - Direction de la Prevision ( email )
139 rue de Bercy
75572 Paris Cedex 12
France
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