An inequality paradox: relative versus absolute indices?

DOI10.1007/S40300-021-00206-9MaRDI QIDQ824975zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Satya R. Chakravarty, Palash Sarkar

Publication date 16 December 2021

Published in Metron (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s40300-021-00206-9

zbMATH Keywords

Gini indexinequalityparadoxSimpson's paradoxBonferroni index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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