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On Inequality‐Sensitive and Additive Achievement Measures Based on Ordinal Data
Author(s) -
Apouey Bénédicte,
Silber Jacques,
Xu Yongsheng
Publication year - 2020
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/roiw.12427
Subject(s) - inequality , axiom , ordinal data , axiomatic system , class (philosophy) , econometrics , work (physics) , economics , mathematics , mathematical economics , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , geometry , mechanical engineering , engineering
This paper, following earlier work on the measurement of inequality when only ordinal information is available, proposes an axiomatic derivation of a new class of inequality‐sensitive and additive achievement measures. Use is then made of these indices to study health achievement in Europe, using information on self‐assessed health in 30 countries, based on the European Health Interview Survey (wave 2).