Segregation, Informativeness and Lorenz Dominance

Speaker
Oscar Volij
Date
24/03/2014 - 12:30 - 11:00Add To Calendar 2014-03-24 11:00:00 2014-03-24 12:30:00 Segregation, Informativeness and Lorenz Dominance Abstract: It is possible to partially order cities according to the informativeness of neighborhoods about their ethnic groups. It is also possible to partially order cities with two ethnic groups according to the Lorenz criterion. We show that a segregation order satisfies four well-established segregation principles if and only if it is consistent with the informativeness criterion. We then use this result to show that for the two-group case, the Lorenz and the informativeness criteria are equivalent. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: C43, C81, D63. Keywords: Segregation, informativeness, Lorenz dominance, Blackwell’s theorem. אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - Department of Economics Economics.Dept@mail.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Affiliation
Ben-Gurion University
Abstract

Abstract: It is possible to partially order cities according to the informativeness of neighborhoods about their ethnic groups. It is also possible to partially order cities with two ethnic groups according to the Lorenz criterion. We show that a segregation order satisfies four well-established segregation principles if and only if it is consistent with the informativeness criterion. We then use this result to show that for the two-group case, the Lorenz and the informativeness criteria are equivalent.

Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: C43, C81, D63.

Keywords: Segregation, informativeness, Lorenz dominance, Blackwell’s theorem.

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