An axiomatization of the Gini coefficient

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(82)90062-2MaRDI QIDQ1162273zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

asymptotic equivalenceaxiomatization of the Gini coefficientcardinal propertieseconomic indexincome inequalityranking income distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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• On a generalisation of the Gini coefficient
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• The decomposition of inequality reconsidered: weakly decomposable measures
• DEGREE-BASED GINI INDEX FOR GRAPHS
• Axiomatic characterization of the Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve orderings.

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