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Measuring social polarization with ordinal and cardinal data

an application to the missing dimensions poverty in Chile

Conchita D'Ambrosio
Iñaki Permanyer
2010

Abstract

We examine the measurement of polarization with categorical and ordinal data. This isparticularly useful in many contexts where cardinal data are not available. The new measureswe propose are axiomatically characterized. The empirical application on Chilean data showthat the rankings obtained are substantially different when compared to standardpolarization and inequality measures.

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Conference Paper

Ten Years of War Against Poverty Conference Papers

Conference: Ten Years of War Against Poverty

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