Decomposition of bivariate inequality indices by attributes

Pierre-Yves Geoffard (1, 2, 3) , Ramses H. Abul Naga (3)

1 PJSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
2 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
3 IEMS - Institut d'économie et de management de la santé

We provide, for the class of relative bidimensional inequality indices, a decomposition of inequality into two univariate Atkinson-Kolm-Sen indices and a third statistic which depends on the joint distribution of resources.

Mots clés: Multidimensional inequality; Relative indices; Correlation increasing transfers; Copulas

Domaines: Economies et finances

Pierre-Yves Geoffard, Ramses H. Abul Naga. Decomposition of bivariate inequality indices by attributes. Economics Letters, 2006, 90 (3), pp.362-367. ⟨10.1016/j.econlet.2005.08.030⟩. ⟨halshs-00754169⟩