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On the Measurement of Inequality

Anthony B. Atkinson
- 01 Sep 1970 - 
- Vol. 2, Iss: 3, pp 244-263
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In this paper, the problem of comparing two frequency distributions f(u) of an attribute y which for convenience I shall refer to as income is defined as a risk in the theory of decision-making under uncertainty.
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This article is published in Journal of Economic Theory.The article was published on 1970-09-01. It has received 5002 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Income inequality metrics & Income distribution.

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Income Inequality, Trade and Financial Openness

TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between the Gini coefficient, trade-openness, foreign aid and foreign direct investment flows and found that trade openness can be effective for changing income inequality, but its effectiveness depends on the stage of development.
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Calculating the Social Cost of Carbon

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discussed the determination of the social cost of carbon (SCC) using the PAGE2002 model used in the Stern Review and concluded that the SCC rises at about 2.4% p.a.
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Almost Stochastic Dominance and stocks for the long run

TL;DR: It is shown that Almost Stochastic Dominance and the geometric-mean argument do not necessarily support long-run investment in equities, and for standard preferences bonds may be preferred to stocks for the long run while stocks are preferred for shorter horizons.
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By no means: a study on aggregating software metrics

TL;DR: The results indicate that correlation is not strong, and is influenced by the aggregation technique, while recently econometric aggregation techniques, such as the Gini, Theil, and Hoover indices have been proposed.
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Where is the “wellbeing dividend”? Nature, structure and consumption inequalities

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the so-called wellbeing paradox: the existence of stationary or declining levels of subjective wellbeing, despite growing income and consumption levels, and propose two different kinds of "explanations" for continued consumption growth (one based in human nature and the other in social structure).
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Risk Aversion in the Small and in the Large

John W. Pratt
- 01 Jan 1964 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a measure of risk aversion in the small, the risk premium or insurance premium for an arbitrary risk, and a natural concept of decreasing risk aversion are discussed and related to one another.
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The Measurement of the Inequality of Incomes

Hugh Dalton
- 01 Sep 1920 - 
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The Efficiency Analysis of Choices Involving Risk

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the first step of the decision-making process of an individual decision maker among alternative risky ventures is presented, in terms of a single dimension such as money, both for the utility functions and for the probability distributions.