A proposal for the study of Inequality: the double quadratic measure

  1. Ana Jesús López Menéndez 1
  2. Rigoberto Pérez Suárez 1
  3. Mercedes Alvargonzález Rodríguez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Actas:
First meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Editorial: ECINEQ

Año de publicación: 2005

Tipo: Aportación congreso

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Resumen

In this study a measure of inequality is presented: the double quadratic measure, which could be obtained from two indicators of the family of additively decomposable inequality measures characterized by D. Zagier (1983). The double quadratic measure can be considered as a synthesis of individual inequality indicators. It is very sensitive to inequality and fulfils the main properties considered as desirable to those inequality indicators. As an empiric complement this measure is applied to the study of the inequality of expenditure in Spain using information from the Household Budget Continuous Survey with disgregation in expenditure groups.