The harmonic Gini coefficient and affluence indexes

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(88)90005-4zbMATH Open0648.90020OpenAlexW2001563524MaRDI QIDQ1105477FDOQ1105477

Authors: Pranab K. Sen 

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(88)90005-4

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zbMATH Keywords

robustnessharmonic meanincome distributionLorenz curvepovertyaffluence indexesGastwirth coefficientharmonic Gini coefficientharmonic income gap ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Utility theory (91B16)

Cites Work

• Robust Statistics
• A Class of Statistics with Asymptotically Normal Distribution
• Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement
• The Gini Coefficient and Poverty Indexes: Some Reconciliations

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