Gini Index and Polynomial Pen's Parade

Jules Sadefo-Kamdem
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Jules Sadefo-Kamdem: LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1 - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
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Abstract: In this paper, we propose a simple way to compute the Gini index when income y is a finite order k polynomial function of its rank among n individuals.

Keywords: Gini; Income inequality; Polynomial pen's parade; Ranks.; Ranks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01-01
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