@article{Sheriff:280914,
      recid = {280914},
      author = {Sheriff, Glenn and Maguire, Kelly},
      title = {Ranking Distributions of Environmental Outcomes Across  Population Groups},
      address = {2013-08},
      number = {2168-2018-8148},
      series = {13-04},
      pages = {49},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {This paper develops methods for evaluating distributional  impacts of alternative environmental policies across  demographic groups. The income inequality literature  provides a natural methodological toolbox for comparing  distributions of environmental outcomes. We show that the  most commonly used inequality indexes, such as the Atkinson  index, have theoretical properties that make them  inappropriate for analyzing bads, like pollution, as  opposed to goods, like income. We develop a transformation  of the Atkinson index suitable for analyzing bad outcomes.  We also show how the rarely used Kolm-Pollak index is  particularly convenient for ranking distributions of both  good and bad health and environmental outcomes. We  demonstrate these methods in the context of emissions  standards affecting indoor air quality.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/280914},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.280914},
}