 Disaggregation of the Gini Coefficient and Its Application to Australia 1986Economic Analysis and Policy, 1995, vol. 25, issue 2, 140-151 Abstract: Podder (1992) derived a formula for the elasticity of the Gini coefficient with respect to income components and used this to demonstrate the proper use of the disaggregation of the Gini coefficient by factor component. This paper applies Podder’s method of decomposition of the Gini coefficient to subgroups of population, based on various demographic characteristics, using the ABS’s 1986 Income Distribution Survey. The decomposition is used to analyse the contribution of incomes of different population subgroups to the overall inequality level in Australia. Podder’s method allows the exact effect of a proportionate change in income within a subgroup to be quantified and thus the change in the overall Gini coefficient can be calculated. The purpose of this paper is to show how and to what extent inequalities among different income units with different socio-economic characteristics might be changed. This has useful policy applications as the exact impact of any change to the income of a sub-group can be determined. Important questions regarding the contributions of the different subgroups to the overall level of inequality are also addressed. Keywords: Gini Coefficient; Gini (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:25:y:1995:i:2:p:140-151 Access Statistics for this article Economic Analysis and Policy is currently edited by Clevo Wilson More articles in Economic Analysis and Policy from Elsevier |
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