Working papers:
Inequalities and Identities
Arjun Jayadev; Sanjay G. Reddy
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- Title:
- Inequalities and Identities
- Author(s):
-
Jayadev, Arjun
Reddy, Sanjay G. - Date:
- 2008
- Type:
- Working papers
- Department:
- Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:9649
- Series:
- ISERP Working Papers
- Part Number:
- 08-03
- Publisher:
- Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- We introduce concepts and measures relating to inequality between identity groups. We define and discuss the concepts of Representational Inequality, Sequence Inequality and Group Inequality Contribution. Representational Inequality captures the extent to which an attribute is shared between members of distinct groups. Sequence Inequality captures the extent to which groups are ordered hierarchically. Group Inequality Contribution captures the extent to which differences between groups account for overall inequality. The concepts have application in interpreting segregation, clustering and polarization in societies. There exists a mapping from familiar inequality measures to the measures we identify, making them empirically applicable.
- Subject(s):
- Sociology
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- 290