Inequality Analysis: The Gini Index
This tool addresses the most popular inequality index, the Gini index. It discusses its characteristics and the link with another popular graphical tool of representing inequality, the Lorenz Curve. Extended version of the Gini Index with different weighting schemes are also discussed. The use of the Gini Index and of its generalised versions is explained through a step-by-step procedure and numerical examples.
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Format: | Document biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2006
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Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AM352E http://www.fao.org/3/a-am352e.pdf |
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Summary: | This tool addresses the most popular inequality index, the Gini index. It discusses its characteristics and the link with another popular graphical tool of representing inequality, the Lorenz Curve. Extended version of the Gini Index with different weighting schemes are also discussed. The use of the Gini Index and of its generalised versions is explained through a step-by-step procedure and numerical examples. |
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