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<p>This paper discusses inequality orderings based explicitly on closing up of income gaps, demonstrating the links between these and other orderings, the classes of functions preserving the orderings and applications showing their usefulness in comparison of economic policies.</p>
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Research Fellow University College London
Ian is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at UCL. He joined UCL in 1991 and has been attached to the IFS since 1990.
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2006.0625
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Preston, I. (2006). Inequality and income gaps. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/inequality-and-income-gaps (accessed: 20 May 2024).
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