On a Transformation of the Gini Coefficient into a Well‐Behaved Social Welfare Function.

Following Sen's (1973) characterization of the Gini coefficient as a ratio between a measure of aggregate income‐based stress ("depression" in Sen's terminology) and aggregate income, we transform the Gini coefficient into a social welfare function rather than having the Gini coefficient feature as...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos

Publicado en:	Kyklos Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 301 - 305
Autor principal:	Stark, Oded
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell May2025
Materias:	Income inequality Public welfare Social services Social skills Gini coefficient
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost