Inequality with Ordinal Data
Inequality with Ordinal Data
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DOI：
10.1111/ecca.12232
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
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影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Flachaire, Emmanuel
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作者：
Cowell, Frank A.;Flachaire, Emmanuel
不等式测量的标准理论假设等式是基数，具有已知的基数化。然而，人们经常需要在基数化未知或基础数据是分类的情况下进行不等式比较。我们提出了另一种方法来不等式分析，是严格的，有一个自然的解释，并嵌入有序数据问题和著名的基数数据问题。我们展示了如何将这种方法应用于幸福和健康状况的不平等。
The standard theory of inequality measurement assumes that the equalisand is a cardinal quantity, with known cardinalization. However, one often needs to make inequality comparisons where either the cardinalization is unknown or the underlying data are categorical. We propose an alternative approach to inequality analysis that is rigorous, has a natural interpretation, and embeds both the ordinal data problem and the well-known cardinal data problem. We show how the approach can be applied to the inequality of happiness and of health status.