50 research outputs found
Desigualdad intermedia paretiana
Del Río y Ruiz-Castillo (2000) propusieron un nuevo concepto de desigualdad intermedia entre las nociones absoluta y relativa. y desarrollaron procedimien-tos empíricos que permiten extraer conclusiones de Bienestar á la Shorrocks (1983) El objetivo de este trabajo es utilizar esta metodología para definir un nuevo concepto, la (x. d. p)-desigualdad, que permite cardinalizar algunas de las situaciones en las que se verifica un aumento en la desigualdad relativa, donde el concepto anterior no es operativo. El mérito de este enfoque radica en que no juzga a priori, la noción de desigualdad políticamente correcta. En, este sentido, son los datos los que determinan el tipo de desigualdad para el cual dos distribuciones son equivalentes
Mujeres ante el empleo (y el desempleo) en el mercado laboral español
Mujeres y hombres no ocupan lugares equivalentes en el mercado laboral debido al
desigual reparto del trabajo. El objetivo de este estudio es doble. Por un lado, actualizar
nuestro conocimiento sobre la posición que ocupan las mujeres en el mercado laboral
español, prestando especial atención a un colectivo con un elevado grado de
vulnerabilidad, como son las mujeres inmigrantes. Por otro lado, ofrecer una reflexión
crítica sobre la importancia que la segregación ocupacional tiene sobre el bienestar de
las mujeres, y hacer un llamamiento para que sea tenida en cuenta en el diseño de las
políticas públicas. Con este propósito se presenta una panorámica de las principales
teorías que explican su existencia y permanencia en el tiempo, haciendo especial
hincapié en los efectos negativos que genera
An alternative inequality-based concentration measure
The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it shows the properties that regional economics is
implicitly assuming when �relative� inequality measures, such as the Gini coefficient and the
generalized entropy family of indexes, are used to quantify the geographic concentration of
economic activity. Second, it proposes a new geographic concentration index that is based on
an �absolute� inequality measure. This measure, which is additively decomposable, is also
analyzed from an axiomatic point of view. Comparisons between these concentration indexes
are illustrated by using manufacturing employment data in Spain
Concentration of economic activity: Inequality-based measures
This paper reflects about the invariance property that regional economics is implicitly
assuming when �relative� inequality measures, such as the Gini index, are used to quantify
the geographic concentration of economic activity. In addition, it proposes a new
concentration measure that is based on an �absolute� inequality index. The properties of this
variance-type index are analyzed. An �absolute� employment Lorenz curve is also proposed
to measure concentration, the dominance criterion of which is consistent with this new index.
Finally, the usefulness of the new measures is illustrated by using manufacturing employment
data in Spai
Local Segregation and Well-Being
This paper deals with the quantification of the well-being loss/gain of a demographic
group associated with its occupational segregation, an issue that, as far as we know, has
not been formally tackled in the literature. For this purpose, this paper proposes several
properties to take into account when measuring this phenomenon. Building on standard
assumptions of social welfare functions, it also defines and characterizes a
parameterized family of indices that satisfy those properties. In particular, the indices
are equal to zero when either the group has no segregation or all occupations have the
same wage, and the indices increase when individuals of the group move into
occupations that have higher wages than those left behind. In addition, ceteris paribus,
the indices increase more the lower the wage is of the occupation left behind, and
consider small improvements for many people to be more important than large
improvements for a few
Occupational Segregation Measures: A Role for Status
This paper defines local segregation measures which are sensible to status differences among
organizational units. So far as we know, this is the first time that status-sensitive segregation
measures are offered in a multigroup context by invoking a cardinal measure of status. These
measures allow aggregating employment gaps of a target group penalizing its concentration in
low-status occupations. They are intended to complement, rather than substitute, previous
local segregation measures. The usefulness of these tools is illustrated in the case of
occupational segregation by race and ethnicity in the U.S