Measuring social polarization with ordinal and categorical data
Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
D'Ambrosio, Conchita (Université du Luxembourg)

Date:	2015
Abstract:	We examine the measurement of social polarization with categorical and ordinal data. We partition the society into groups on the basis of salient social characteristics, such as race and ethnicity, and we take into account the extent to which these groups are clustered in certain regions of an attribute's distribution. This is particularly useful in many contexts where cardinal data are not available. The new measures we propose are characterized axiomatically.
Grants:	European Commission 240978 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2010-21668-C03-02
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Published in:	Journal of public economic theory, Vol. 17 Núm. 3 (June 2015) , p. 311-327, ISSN 1097-3923

DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12093

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