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Inequality and social choice

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This paper is concerned with the welfare and inequality rankings of income distributions whose Lorenz curves cross. A simple inequality measure is proposed which gives unambiguous results in many cases.

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  1. Peter J. Lambert
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Lambert, P.J. Inequality and social choice. Theor Decis 12, 395–398 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00131318

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