Note: The author is grateful to Sergio Beraldo, Satya Chakravarty, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Bereket Kebede, Francesca Majorano, Erik Thorbecke, Arjan Verschoor, Buhong Zheng, Claudio Zoli, and two referees of this Journal for helpful comments and encouragement. A special debt of gratitude is owed to Peter Lambert. The usual caveat applies.
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UPPER BOUNDEDNESS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF RELATIVE DEPRIVATION
Article first published online: 17 MAY 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00396.x
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Esposito, L. (2010), UPPER BOUNDEDNESS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF RELATIVE DEPRIVATION. Review of Income and Wealth, 56: 632–639. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00396.x
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- Article first published online: 17 MAY 2010
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A new index of relative deprivation is derived axiomatically. Thanks to an asymptotically concave individual contribution function, the new measure provides a sounder quantification to the concept of relative deprivation as conceptualized in the seminal work of Runciman (1966) and better reflects the sociological connotations of the phenomenon.