A Note on Between-Groups Inequality with an Application to Genders

Monti, Maria Giovanna; Santoro, Alessandro

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1338054

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A Note on Between-Groups Inequality with an Application to Genders

Econpubblica Working Paper No. 135

24 Pages Posted: 6 Feb 2009

See all articles by Maria Giovanna Monti

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology & Social Sciences (CISEPS); Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS)

Date Written: February 5, 2009

Abstract

Existing methods of between-groups income inequality measurement are rather uninformative if applied to genders since they are not sensitive to discrimination. We introduce a Gini-based measure of between-genders inequality which explicitly depends upon discrimination and we apply it to measure the impact of a gender-based tax reform in Italy.

Keywords: between-groups inequality, Gini index decomposition, stratification, transvariations, gender-based taxation

JEL Classification: D31

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Monti, Maria and Santoro, Alessandro, A Note on Between-Groups Inequality with an Application to Genders (February 5, 2009). Econpubblica Working Paper No. 135, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1338054 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1338054