A distribution-free test for deprivation dominance
提出一种无需分布假设的统计检验方法，用于识别社会中最弱势群体，并应用于加拿大收入调查数据，为福利政策评估提供工具。
The Raw1sian perspective on social policy pays particular attentionto the least advantaged members of society, but how should "the least advantaged" be identified? The concept of deprivation dominance operationalizes in part the Rawlsian evaluation of the welfare of the least advantaged members of society, but a statistical procedure for testing deprivation dominance is needed. In this paper, we construct a new distribution-free test for deprivation dominance and apply i t to Canadian income survey data