An inequality paradox: relative versus absolute indices?

DOI10.1007/S40300-021-00206-9zbMATH Open1483.62191OpenAlexW3153664403MaRDI QIDQ824975FDOQ824975

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

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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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