Cities and Inequality

Cities and Inequality

We propose an innovative methodology to measure inequality between cities. If an even distribution of amenities across cities is assumed to increase the average well-being in a given country, inequality between cities can be evaluated through a multidimensional index of the Atkinson (1970) type. Thi...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Michelangeli, Eugenio Peluso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ERSA 2016-09-01
Series:REGION
Subjects:
Inequality
Online Access:https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/129
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spelling doaj-ba709a1fee5e4a90b1d193b1a2b9dfe52020-11-25T02:28:53ZengERSAREGION2409-53702016-09-0132476010.18335/region.v3i2.12942Cities and InequalityAlessandra Michelangeli0Eugenio Peluso1University of Milan-Bicocca, Department of Economics, Statistics and Management (DEMS)University of Verona, Department of EconomicsWe propose an innovative methodology to measure inequality between cities. If an even distribution of amenities across cities is assumed to increase the average well-being in a given country, inequality between cities can be evaluated through a multidimensional index of the Atkinson (1970) type. This index is shown to be decomposabe into the sum of inequality indices computed on the marginal distributions of the amenities across cities, plus a residual term accounting for their correlation. We apply this methodology to assess inequality between Italian cities in terms of the distribution of public infrastructures, local services, economic and environmental conditions.https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/129Inequality
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author Alessandra Michelangeli
Eugenio Peluso
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Cities and Inequality
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Inequality
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Eugenio Peluso
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title Cities and Inequality
title_short Cities and Inequality
title_full Cities and Inequality
title_fullStr Cities and Inequality
title_full_unstemmed Cities and Inequality
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issn 2409-5370
publishDate 2016-09-01
description We propose an innovative methodology to measure inequality between cities. If an even distribution of amenities across cities is assumed to increase the average well-being in a given country, inequality between cities can be evaluated through a multidimensional index of the Atkinson (1970) type. This index is shown to be decomposabe into the sum of inequality indices computed on the marginal distributions of the amenities across cities, plus a residual term accounting for their correlation. We apply this methodology to assess inequality between Italian cities in terms of the distribution of public infrastructures, local services, economic and environmental conditions.
topic Inequality
url https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/129
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