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This chapter reviews the different practical methods that have been devised in order to decide when one income distribution can be reasonably considered as more equal than another distribution.
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Moyes, P. (1999). Stochastic Dominance and the Lorenz Curve. In: Silber, J. (eds) Handbook of Income Inequality Measurement. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 71. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4413-1_7
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