Aggregate Consumer Behaviour and the Measurement of Inequality
提出一种基于总消费行为计量模型的不平等度量方法，能从总需求函数唯一恢复个体需求函数，并基于社会福利函数构建不平等指数。
This paper presents an approach to inequality measurement based on an econometric model of aggregate consumer behaviour. The novel feature of this model is that systems of individual demand functions can be recovered uniquely from the system of aggregate demand functions. We present methods for evaluating social welfare based on an explicit social welfare function. This social welfare function incorporates measures of individual welfare based on indirect utility functions for all consumer units. We develop indexes of inequality based on actual and potential levels of social welfare.