Dalton's Law of Income Distribution

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Pigou-Dalton_transfer_principle
gptkbp:describes income distribution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dalton's Law of Income Distribution
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Atkinson_index
Gini coefficient
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Hugh_Dalton
gptkbp:proposedBy principle of transfers
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Hugh_Dalton
gptkbp:relatedTo welfare economics
inequality measurement
gptkbp:state a transfer of income from a richer to a poorer person increases social welfare if the order of incomes is preserved
gptkbp:yearProposed 1920
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hugh_Dalton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6