An axiomatization of the Gini coefficient

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(82)90062-2zbMath0479.90033OpenAlexW2030350604MaRDI QIDQ1162273

Dominique Thon

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(82)90062-2

zbMATH Keywords

income inequalityasymptotic equivalenceeconomic indexranking income distributionsaxiomatization of the Gini coefficientcardinal properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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