On a Distance Function-Based Inequality Measure in the Spirit of the Bonferroni and Gini Indices

A natural way of viewing an inequality or a poverty measure is in terms of the vector distance between an actual (empirical) distribution of incomes and some appropriately normative distribution (reflecting a perfectly equal distribution of incomes, or a

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Subramanian, S.
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	Gini coefficient \| Bonferroni index \| Canberra distance function \| poverty \| inequality

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2012/62 1 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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