ABSTRACT
Most inequality measures are designed to evaluate the inequality within a system, or at most within well-defined partitions of a system. While the continuous variation of inequality appears to be of great relevance in the social sciences and elsewhere, it has not yet constituted a significant object of inquiry. This paper presents an approach to the measurement of systemic inequality that is conducive to investigating the continuous variation of inequality across contexts. This approach makes it possible to investigate how systemic inequality varies over time, across space, within the system itself, and in relation to whatever contextual dimensions appear relevant.
