Decomposing changes in the Gini index by factor components

Guanghua Wan

Applied Economics Letters, 2001, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-3

Abstract: Changes in inequality as measured by the Gini index are decomposed into structural effects, real inequality effects and interactive effects. In light of such a decomposition, a refined version of the Kuznets hypothesis is proposed.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/135048501750041187

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