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Robust International Comparisons of Distributions of Disposable Income and Regional Public Goods.
- Source :
- Economica; Jul2009, Vol. 76 Issue 303, p432-461, 30p, 9 Diagrams, 10 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The paper provides robust normative comparisons of 12 OECD countries based on their distributions of disposable income and access to two regional public goods: infant mortality and pupil–teacher ratios at public schools. Comparisons are performed using two and three-dimensional dominance criteria that coincide with the unanimity of utilitarian judgments taken over specific classes of utility functions. The criteria succeed in ranking conclusively about 30% of all possible comparisons in the two-dimensional case, compared with 67% for one-dimensional income-based comparisons and 6% for three-dimensional ones. Introducing local public goods seems to worsen the relative standing of Anglo-Saxon countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INCOME inequality
DISPOSABLE income
PUBLIC goods
INFANT mortality
CLASS size
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00130427
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 303
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Economica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 41330564
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00688.x