Working paper N. 711 Luglio 2015
Mariateresa Ciommi
Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Ernesto Savaglio
Department of Economics, University "G.d'Annunzio" - Chieti-Pescara
Abstract
We axiomatically characterize a family of multidimensional diversity orderings which evaluates the dissimilarity of a population of individuals who di¤er in many personal attributes represented by categorical variables. An empirical application highlights the relevance and the easy applicability of our analysis.
Keywords
Multidimensional Diversity, Categorical variables, Orderings.
Jel Codes
I30, I32, D63
