Robustness properties of inequality measures

Econometrica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-101

  Cowell, Frank A ^a   Victoria Feser, Maria Pia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contaminated data; Income distribution; Inequality; Influence function; Parametric estimation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION;

CONTAMINATED DATA; ESTIMATOR ROBUSTNESS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INEQUALITY; INFLUENCE FUNCTION; NON PARAMETRIC METHOD; PARAMETRIC METHOD;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0030371522     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171925     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. ATKINSON, A. B. (1970): "On the Measurement of Inequality," Journal of Economic Theory, 2, 244-263.
2. BOSSERT, W., AND A. PFINGSTEN (1990): "Intermediate Inequality: Concepts, Indices and Welfare Implications," Mathematical Social Sciences, 19, 117-134.
3. COWELL, F. A. (1980): "Generalized Entropy and the Measurement of Distributional Change," European Economic Review, 13, 147-159.
4. _ (1988): "Poverty Measures, Inequality and Decomposability," in Welfare and Efficiency in Public Economics, ed. by D. Bös, M. Rose, and C. Seidl. Springer-Verlag, pp. 149-166.
5. _ (1995): Measuring Inequality (Second ed.). Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
6. COWELL, F. A., AND M.-P. VICTORIA-FESER (1994): "Robustness Properties of Inequality Measures: The Influence Function and the Principle of Transfers," DARP Discussion Paper No. 1, STICERD, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE.
7. DALTON, H. (1920): "The Measurement of the Inequality of Incomes," Economic Journal, 30, 348-361.
8. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY (1992): Households Below Average Income: A Statistical Analysis 1979-1988/9. London: HMSO.
9. EBERT, U. (1988): "Measurement of Inequality: An Attempt at Unification and Generalization," Social Choice and Welfare, 5, 147-169.
10. GIBRAT, R. (1931): Les Inegalités Economiques. Paris: Sirey.
11. HAMPEL, F. R. (1968): "Contribution to the Theory of Robust Estimation," Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
12. _ (1974): "The Influence Curve and its Role in Robust Estimation," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 69, 383-393.
13. HAMPEL, F. R., E. M. RONCHETTI, P. J. ROUSSEEUW, AND W. A. STAHEL (1986): Robust Statistics: The Approach Based on Influence Functions. New York: John Wiley.
14. HIRSCHMAN, A. O. (1945): National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade. Berkeley: University of California Press.
15. HOWES, S. R. (1993): "Income Distribution: Measurement, Transition and Analysis of Urban China, 1981-1990," Ph.D. Thesis, London School of Economics.
16. HUBER, P. J. (1964): "Robust Estimation of a Location Parameter," Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 35, 73-101.
17. JENKINS, S. P. (1995): "Accounting for Inequality Trends: Decomposition Analyses for the UK," Economica, forthcoming.
18. KOLM, S. C. (1976a): "Unequal Inequalities," Journal of Economic Theory, 12, 416-442, Part I.
19. _ (1976b): "Unequal Inequalities," Journal of Economic Theory, 13, 82-111, Part II.
20. MONTI, A. C. (1991): "The Study of the Gini Concentration Ratio by Means of the Influence Function," Statistica, 51, 561-577.
21. PUDNEY, S., AND H. SUTHERLAND (1994): "The Statistical Reliability of Microsimulation Estimates: Results for a UK Tax-benefit Model," Journal of Public Economics, 53, 327-365.
22. STATE STATISTICAL BUREAU (1989): 1988 Quanguo Chengzhen Jumin Jiating Shouzhi Diaocha Ziliao (National Urban Households Income and Expenditure Survey, 1988). Chinese Statistical Publishing House.
23. THEIL, H. (1967): Economics and Information Theory. Amsterdam: North-Holland.
24. VICTORIA-FESER, M.-P. (1993): "Robust Methods for Personal Income Distribution Models," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Geneva, Thesis No. 384.
25. _ (1995): "Robust Model Choice Test for Non-nested Hypothesis, "Working Paper, London School of Economics.
26. VICTORIA-FESER, M.-P., AND E. RONCHETTI (1994): "Robust Methods for Personal Income Distribution Models," The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 22, 247-258.