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Gini Coefficient

The Gini coefficient is the most widely used single-number summary of inequality in a distribution such as income or wealth. Introduced by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini in 1912, it equals twice the area between the Lorenz curve and the line of perfect equality, ranging from 0 when everyone has the same amount to a maximum approaching 1 when one unit holds everything.

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Gini Coefficient of Inequality
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / sociology
  • Ceriani, L., & Verme, P. (2012). The origins of the Gini index: extracts from Variabilità e Mutabilità (1912) by Corrado Gini. The Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(3), 421–443. · DOI 10.1007/s10888-011-9188-x
  • Lorenz, M. O. (1905). Methods of measuring the concentration of wealth. Publications of the American Statistical Association, 9(70), 209–219. · DOI 10.2307/2276207
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Taxonomic bucketAtkinson Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyIndex of Dissimilaritymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketLorenz Curvemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPalma Ratiomachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyTheil Segregation Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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