Abstract
This article provides an introduction to methods for the measurement of economic inequality. It reviews the inequality measures that economists have developed, and explains how one might choose between indices or check whether conclusions about inequality difference can be derived without choosing any specific index. It reviews mobility measurement and some fundamental questions about how the distributions of economic interest are defined.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook on Economic Inequality |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 40-67 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199606061 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |