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Game Theory & Math Economics: Oscar Volij (BGU) - "Segregation by Income." (Joint with Casilda Lasso de la Vega) | Einstein Institute of Mathematics

Game Theory & Math Economics: Oscar Volij (BGU) - "Segregation by Income." (Joint with Casilda Lasso de la Vega)

Date: 
Sun, 14/05/201716:00-17:00
Location: 
Elath Hall, 2nd floor, Feldman Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus
We provide an axiomatic characterization of an income segregation index in school districts. One axiom requires that single-school districts be the least segregated of all districts. A second axiom requires that any reorganization of a subdistrict that raises its segregation, raises the districtwide segregation as well. A third axiom requires an intuitive decomposition by subdistricts into within-district and between-district terms. We show that these axioms, along with other standard requirements uniquely (up to multiplication by a positive constant) characterizes the index given by the inequality between the districts' schools as measured by Theil's second measure of income inequality.