New measures of fair and unfair inequality: A Gini decomposition-based approach

Mansi Nair and Sandip Sarkar

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 255, issue C

Abstract: The paper introduces a new decomposition of the Gini coefficient, emphasizing the income disparities that emerge due to better circumstantial situations and higher efforts. We illustrate our methodology with Indian data, highlighting the advantages of using our method compared to the existing ones.

Keywords: Gini decomposition; Ambiguous Gini; Fair inequality; Unfair inequality; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112578

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