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Intermediate Inequality and Welfare: The Case of Spain, 1980–81 to 1990–91
Author(s) -
Del Río Coral,
RuizCastillo Javier
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
review of income and wealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1475-4991
pISSN - 0034-6586
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4991.00013
Subject(s) - inequality , economics , lorenz curve , welfare , left wing politics , distribution (mathematics) , sort , income distribution , income inequality metrics , demographic economics , welfare economics , economic inequality , neoclassical economics , econometrics , gini coefficient , mathematics , political science , law , market economy , mathematical analysis , arithmetic , politics
The 1990–91 household expenditures distribution in Spain dominates, in the relative (“rightist”) Lorenz sense, the 1980–81 distribution, but the latter dominates the former in the absolute (“leftist”) Lorenz sense. This situation constitutes a textbook case for intermediate or “centrist” notions of inequality and social welfare. This paper presents the first empirical application of this sort, using the intermediate inequality concept introduced in Del Río and Ruiz‐Castillo (2000). The data reveal that there is a decrease in household expenditures inequality for a relatively small set of centrist attitudes.