Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition

Lidia Ceriani () and Paolo Verme

No 321, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

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 illustration with UK data shows the use of this approach.

Keywords: Gini; Inequality; Decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2014-01
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