The Evolution of World Inequality in Well-being

被引：53
作者：
Decancq, Koen [1 ]
Decoster, Andre [1 ]
Schokkaert, Erik [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
[2] Catholic Univ Louvain, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
来源：
WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2009年 / 37卷 / 01期
关键词：
multidimensional inequality measurement; index of well-being; inter-country inequality; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL INEQUALITY; CONVERGENCE; INCOME; MORTALITY; DIVERGENCE; INDEXES; TRENDS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.12.006
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
In this paper, we use the tools offered by the recent literature on multidimensional inequality measurement to investigate the evolution of the inequality in well-being across different countries during 1975-2000. We focus on three important dimensions of life: standard of living, health, and education. Inequality in the three dimensions shows a different trend during 1975-2000. We propose a flexible measure of well-being to quantify the evolution of overall intercountry well-being inequality. The empirical results are sensitive to different normative choices oil the trade-offs between the different dimensions. Especially the concave transformation of income turns out to be decisive for the evolution of world inequality in well-being. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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