%0 Report %A Jenkins, Stephen P. %T Inequality Comparisons with Ordinal Data %D 2019 %8 2019 Nov %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 12811 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12811 %X Non-intersection of appropriately-defined Generalized Lorenz (GL) curves is equivalent to a unanimous ranking of distributions of ordinal data by all Cowell and Flachaire (Economica 2017) indices of inequality and by a new index based on GL curve areas. Comparisons of life satisfaction distributions for six countries reveal a substantial number of unanimous inequality rankings. %K World Values Survey %K inequality %K ordinal data %K subjective well-being %K life satisfaction