Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/160901 
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2000
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LIS Working Paper Series No. 229
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Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
A preliminary step in the measurement of inequality regards the choice of the index to use. Several indices exist, each one responding to a built-in aversion to inequality, and the choice affects conclusions. But how much? And in which way? We test the ranking correlation between inequality indices, by drawing a distinction between cases involving non-intersecting and intersecting Lorenz curves.
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Working Paper

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