Interactions inequality-polarizationcharacterization results

  1. Prieto Rodríguez, Juan 34
  2. Rodríguez Hernández, Juan Gabriel 13
  3. Salas del Mármol, Rafael 23
  1. 1 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01v5cv687

  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  3. 3 Instituto de Estudios Fiscales
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    Instituto de Estudios Fiscales

    Madrid, España

  4. 4 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Aldizkaria:
Papeles de trabajo del Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Serie economía

ISSN: 1578-0252

Argitalpen urtea: 2005

Zenbakia: 15

Orrialdeak: 1-40

Mota: Artikulua

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Papeles de trabajo del Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Serie economía

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Recent literature stresses the multidimensional nature of income distribution. Two of the most relevant components are inequality and polarization. In this paper, we show the restrictions of keeping simultaneously constant these two aspects whenever the distribution of incomes changes. Distributional change could originate from any economic policy or simply from economic growth. Hence, our result implies an effective restriction for policymakers that they cannot avoid and should not ignore. Our proof embodies a general view of polarization that includes the Wolfson and the Esteban and Ray approaches. The paper also develops other links for the case of controlling only one variable and deducing the implications for the other variable.