Reallocations of Income between Heterogeneous Units

53 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2003

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Dominique Thon

University of Nordland

Stein W. Wallace

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Business and Management Science

Date Written: August 2002

Abstract

This paper extends the standard redistribution axioms to the case where the income units differ for example by size, deserve or need. It is essentially based on a generalization of Muirhead's Lemma. The standard case where all units are alike falls off as a particular case.

Keywords: income inequality, equivalence scales, Muirhead's Lemma, majorization, stochastic dominance, assignment problem

JEL Classification: D31, D63, D64

Suggested Citation

Thon, Dominique and Wallace, Stein W., Reallocations of Income between Heterogeneous Units (August 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=391001 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.391001

Dominique Thon (Contact Author)

University of Nordland ( email )

Bodoe 8049
Norway

Stein W. Wallace

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Business and Management Science ( email )

Helleveien 30
Bergen, NO-5045
Norway

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