Relative Deprivation, Envy and Economic Inequality
提出了一个相对剥夺的经济度量，并探讨其与嫉妒和经济不平等的关系，发现相对剥夺是经济不平等的非线性非单调函数，高经济不平等反而意味着低相对剥夺。
This paper develops an economic measure of relative deprivation and explores its relationship to envy and economic inequality. It is demonstrated that, while the concept of envy is virtually identical with that of relative deprivation, economic inequality, although a related concept, and a determinant of relative deprivation, is fundamentally different in its intent and purpose. It is also demonstrated that an essential feature of relative deprivation is that it is a nonlinear and nonmonotonic function of economic inequality. As a result, a high degree of economic inequality means only a low degree of relative deprivation. Copyright 1996 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG