Measuring discrimination using principles of stochastic dominance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hoy, Michael; Huang, Rachel J.
• 署名单位: University of Guelph; National Central University; University of North Carolina; North Carolina Central University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0531
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2016.07.005
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 39-52
• 关键词: discrimination; stochastic dominance

摘要

This note develops a new approach to measuring discrimination. A partial ordering of discrimination patterns is proposed that is consistent with the properties of second-degree stochastic dominance (SSD), which are related to changes in the distributions of either the reference (advantaged) or comparison (disadvantaged) group, while keeping the other group's distribution unchanged. Furthermore, a corresponding summary index is derived. This index provides a complete ordering to rank discrimination patterns and also satisfies the principles of SSD. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.