Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition

Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition

The paper defines the Gini index as the sum of individual contributions where individual contributions are interpreted as the degree of diversity of each individual from all other members of society. Among various possible forms of individual contr...

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Main Authors: Ceriani, Lidia, Verme, Paolo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES
DECOMPOSABLE INEQUALITY MEASURES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC STUDIES
GII
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROUP MEANS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME SOURCE
INDEXES
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
INDIVIDUAL VALUES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY VALUES
MEAN INCOME
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEDIAN INCOME
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION SUBGROUP
POPULATION SUBGROUPS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
RELATIVE INCOME
RELATIVE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
RELATIVE INCOMES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18878266/individual-diversity-gini-decomposition
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17315

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18878266/individual-diversity-gini-decomposition
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17315

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