Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215207 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12811
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Non-intersection of appropriately-defined Generalized Lorenz (GL) curves is equivalent to a unanimous ranking of distributions of ordinal data by all Cowell and Flachaire (Economica 2017) indices of inequality and by a new index based on GL curve areas. Comparisons of life satisfaction distributions for six countries reveal a substantial number of unanimous inequality rankings.
Subjects: 
inequality
ordinal data
subjective well-being
life satisfaction
World Values Survey
JEL: 
D31
D63
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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