Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition

Lidia Ceriani () and Paolo Verme

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2015, vol. 121, issue 3, 637-646

Abstract: 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 contributions to the Gini found in the literature, we show that only one form satisfies a set of desirable properties. This form can be used for decomposing the Gini into population subgroups. An empirical illustration shows the use of this approach. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Gini; Inequality; Decomposition; Income distribution; Welfare measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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