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The measurement of rank mobility

2009

Abstract In this paper we investigate the problem of measuring social mobility when the social status of individuals is given by their rank. In order to sensibly represent the rank mobility of subgroups within a given society, we address the problem in terms of partial permutation matrices which include standard (“global”) matrices as a special case. We first provide a characterization of a partial ordering on partial matrices which, in the standard case of global matrices, coincides with the well-known “concordance” ordering. We then provide a characterization of an index of rank mobility based on partial matrices and show that, in the standard case of comparing global matrices, it is equi…

Economics and EconometricsIndex (economics)Rank mobilityRank (linear algebra)Partial matricesPartial permutationjel:D63Spearman's indexjel:D31Characterization (mathematics)Social mobilityCombinatoricsComputingMethodologies_SYMBOLICANDALGEBRAICMANIPULATIONStatisticsConcordanceMobility measurement Concordance Partial matrices Sperman's index.Rank mobility; Mobility measurement; Concordance; Partial matrices; Spearman's indexOrder (group theory)Special caseMobility measurementPartially ordered setMathematics
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Three (marginal?) questions regarding convergence

2004

This paper focuses on three (marginal?) questions surrounding the analysis of economic convergence and uses Spanish provinces as a means of illustration. The three questions in hand are the following: (i) given that the geographical units of analysis are usually quite different in economic size, is the weighting of economic units relevant in convergence analysis? (ii) the average per capita income of a given region, or country, is the first moment in the distribution of income, but what about the second moment, inequality? Have we converged in inequality? and (iii) an aggregate welfare index must take into account, at least, the evolution of the first two moments of the distribution of inco…

Labour economicsIndex (economics)InequalityConvergence income distribution inequality indices and regional analysisbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectDistribution (economics)Convergence (economics)jel:D31Per capita incomeIncome inequality metricsIncome distributionEconometricsEconomicsjel:R11businessGeneral Economics Econometrics and FinanceWelfaremedia_commonJournal of Economic Studies
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Financial Reforms and Income Inequality

2012

Available online 8 June 2012

MacroeconomicsEconomics and EconometricsReserve requirementComprehensive incomeInequalitymedia_common.quotation_subjectSocial Sciencesjel:E44Kuznets curveEconomic inequalityIncome distribution0502 economics and businessEconomicsSocial inequality050207 economicsKuznets curveIncome inequalityFinancial reform10. No inequalitymedia_commonFinanceFinancial reforms050208 financebusiness.industry05 social sciences1. No povertySettore SECS-P/02 Politica Economicajel:D31Financial reforms income inequality.Income inequality metrics8. Economic growthbusinessFinance
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