Measuring inequality
这篇论文讨论了测量不平等时需要考虑的关键决策，包括变量、人口和分布特征的选择，并回顾了该领域的最新进展，对研究不平等问题的学者有参考价值。
Abstract Inequality is important, both for its own sake and for its political, social, and economic implications. However, measuring inequality is not straightforward, as it requires decisions to be made on the variable, population, and distributional characteristics of interest. These decisions will naturally influence the conclusions that are drawn so they must be closely linked to an underlying purpose, which is ultimately defined by a social welfare function. This paper outlines important considerations when making each of these decisions, before surveying recent advances in measuring inequality and suggesting avenues for future work.