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Atkinson Index

The Atkinson index is a welfare-based measure of inequality that incorporates an explicit, analyst-chosen parameter for how much society dislikes inequality. Introduced by Anthony Atkinson in 1970, it asks what fraction of total income could be discarded, under an equal distribution, while leaving social welfare unchanged — making the ethical judgement behind any inequality comparison transparent rather than hidden.

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Atkinson Index of Inequality
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / sociology
  • Atkinson, A. B. (1970). On the measurement of inequality. Journal of Economic Theory, 2(3), 244–263. · DOI 10.1016/0022-0531(70)90039-6
  • Cowell, F. A. (2011). Measuring Inequality (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. · ISBN 978-0-19-959403-0
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