Handbook of Income Inequality Measurement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Introduction

   • Jacques Silber

   Pages 1-18

3. The Rational Foundations of Income Inequality Measurement

   • Serge-Christophe Kolm

   Pages 19-100

4. Linking the Functional and Personal Distributions of Income

   • Camilo Dagum

   Pages 101-132

5. Income Inequality Measurement: The Normative Approach

   • Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, David Donaldson

   Pages 133-161

6. Measuring Inequality: The Axiomatic Approach

   • Satya R. Chakravarty

   Pages 163-186

7. The Mathematical Foundations of Inequality Analysis

   • Michel Le Breton

   Pages 187-198

8. Stochastic Dominance and the Lorenz Curve

   • Patrick Moyes

   Pages 199-225

9. The Measurement of Income Inequality: The Subjective Approach

   • Yoram Amiel

   Pages 227-243

10. Income Inequality Measurement: The Statistical Approach

    • Giovanni M. Giorgi

    Pages 245-267

11. Estimation of Inequality Indices

    • Frank A. Cowell

    Pages 269-289

12. Parametric Apppoximations of the Lorenz Curve

    • Hang K. Ryu, Daniel J. Slottje

    Pages 291-314

13. Tests of Significance for Lorenz Partial Orders

    • John A. Bishop, John P. Formby

    Pages 315-339

14. How do Income Sources Affect Income Inequality?

    • Robert I. Lerman

    Pages 341-362

15. Inequality Decomposition by Population Subgroups and the Analysis of Interdistributional Inequality

    • Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber

    Pages 363-403

16. Equivalence Scales and Inequality

    • Frank A. Cowell, Magda Mercader-Prats

    Pages 405-435

17. Multidimensioned Approaches to Welfare Analysis

    • Esfandiar Maasoumi

    Pages 437-484

18. Redistributional Effects of Progressive Income Taxes

    • Peter J. Lambert

    Pages 485-511

19. Lifetime Versus Annual Income Distribution

    • John Creedy

    Pages 513-534

20. Horizontal Inequity Measurement: A Basic Reassessment

    • Stephen P. Jenkins, Peter J. Lambert

    Pages 535-556

Amartya Sen "Equality," I spoke the word As if a wedding vow Ah, but I was so much older then, I am younger than that now. Thus sang Bob Dylan in 1964. Approbation of equality varies not only with our age (though it is not absolutely clear in which direction the values may shift over one's life time), but also with the spirit of the times. The 1960s were good years for singing in praise of equality. The spirit of the present times would probably be better reflected by melodies in admiration of the Federal Reserve System. And yet the technical literature on the evaluation and measurement of economic inequality has grown remarkably over the last three decades. Even as actual economic policies (especially in North America and Europe) have tended to move towards focusing on virtues other than the avoidance of economic inequality, the professional literature on assessing and gauging economic inequality has taken quite a jump forward. A great many different problems have been addressed and effectively sorted out, and new problems continue to be posed and analyzed. The Contents: A Review Jacques Silber has done a great service to the subject by producing this collection of admirablyhelpful and illuminating papers on different aspects of the measurement of income inequality. The reach of this collection is quite remarkable. Along with a thorough overview from the editor himself, the major areas in this complex field have been carefully examined and accessibly discussed.

• Silber
• income distribution
• inequality
• poverty
• welfare

• Bar-Ilan University, Israel

  Jacques Silber

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