We compare inequality of alternative populations of individuals who differ in many characteristics besides income. To do so, we introduce a criterion for ranking multivariate distributions with different marginals and show that some conditions, relevant in the analysis of multidimensional inequality, are equivalent to the ordering we propose.

On volume-ranking of opportunity sets in economic environments

SAVAGLIO, Ernesto;
2009-01-01

Abstract

We compare inequality of alternative populations of individuals who differ in many characteristics besides income. To do so, we introduce a criterion for ranking multivariate distributions with different marginals and show that some conditions, relevant in the analysis of multidimensional inequality, are equivalent to the ordering we propose.
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