A single-parameter generalization of the Gini indices of inequality

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(80)90065-4zbMath0432.90023OpenAlexW2076059989MaRDI QIDQ1138984

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(80)90065-4

zbMATH Keywords

Gini coefficient inequality measures Gini indices families of indices generalized Gini index principle of population relative inequality S-Gini index single- parameter Ginis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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