Subjective Inequality Index and the Change in Attitude Towards Inequlity in France over the Period 1982-1992

The purpose of this note is to build an ethical inequality index which explicitely takes into account the social attitude towards inequlaity, through the actual tax scheme. We give a rough empirical application of this subjective inequality index to the evolution of wage inequality in France over the period 1982-1992. It appears that the decision maker's equality mindedness increased over this period.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Gajdos, T.
Institutions:	Centre de recherche de mathématiques et économie mathématique (CERMSEM), Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne
Subject:	WAGES \| FRANCE \| INCOME DISTRIBUTION

More details

Series:	Papiers d'Economie Mathématique et Applications.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	18 pages
Classification:	D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475289