A stochastic dominance approach to the measurement of discrimination

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Le Breton, Michel; Michelangeli, Alessandra; Peluso, Eugenio
• 署名单位: University of Verona; Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Toulouse School of Economics; University of Milano-Bicocca
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0531
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2011.05.003
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 1342-1350
• 关键词: Discrimination measurement; stochastic dominance; Gastwirth index

摘要

This note suggests a bridge between stochastic dominance (Rothschild and Stiglitz, 1970 [17], 1973 [18]), inequality measurement (Atkinson, 1970 [1]) and discrimination measurement (Gastwirth, 1975 [10]). Discrimination orderings are defined and illustrated through discrimination curves, in the same spirit as stochastic dominance analysis. The main result, which links the second order discrimination curve and the Gastwirth discrimination index, also generalizes the equivalence between Generalized Lorenz dominance and second order stochastic dominance. (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.