Reference groups and complaints about inequality

• Authors: Marek Kośny
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Although influence of reference population on assessment of individual position is well recognized on the ground of sociology, its impact is rarely taken into account in economic analysis of inequality. Few analyses that are concerned with issue of reference groups in the context of inequality and relative deprivation measurement deal, however, with single reference group. The aim of the paper is consideration on how concept of reference populations of different kind (reference groups and reference categories) may be applied to assessment of aggregated complaint that results from inequality in income (wealth) distribution.

Keywords

EN

relative deprivation; inequality; reference groups

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 97-119

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2012-03-06

Contributors

author

Marek Kośny

• Wroclaw University of Economics, ul. Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wroclaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10241-012-0004-8