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This chapter is concerned with reduced-form indices that summarize polarization in terms of the between-group and within-group of components of a subgroup decomposable inequality index. The between-group factor represents alienation and the within-group factor is inversely related to identification. A polarization ordering involving these two components of a subgroup decomposable inequality index is also deliberated.
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Chakravarty, S.R. (2015). Reduced-Form Indices of Income Polarization. In: Inequality, Polarization and Conflict. Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, vol 12. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2166-1_4
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