A single-parameter generalization of the Gini indices of inequality
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Publication:1138984
DOI10.1016/0022-0531(80)90065-4zbMath0432.90023MaRDI QIDQ1138984
John A. Weymark, David Donaldson
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
Gini coefficient; inequality measures; Gini indices; families of indices; generalized Gini index; principle of population; relative inequality; S-Gini index; single- parameter Ginis
62P20: Applications of statistics to economics
91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures
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