Proximity-sensitive individual deprivation measures

We characterize a generalization of the linear index of individual deprivation. Our class allows for an income increase of a higher-income individual to have a stronger impact the closer they occur to the income of the person under consideration.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Bossert, Walter ; D’Ambrosio, Conchita
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 122.2014, 2, p. 125-128
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Income distribution \| Relative deprivation \| Equity

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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