Measuring inequality with ordinal data: a note

This note formally investigates the applicability of stochastic dominance (Lorenz dominance) to ordinal data such as self-reported health status. We confirm that for ordinal data distributions, stochastic dominance has limited applicability in ranking social welfare, while it has no applicability in ranking inequality.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Zheng, Buhong
Published in:	Inequality and opportunity : papers from the second ECINEQ society meeting. - Bingley, U.K : Emerald, ISBN 978-1-84855-135-0. - 2008, p. 177-188
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Messung \| Measurement \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Vermögensverteilung \| Wealth distribution \| Ranking-Verfahren \| Ranking method \| Qualitative Methode \| Qualitative method

Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/S1049-2585(08)16008-2 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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