Gini Decomposition and Gini Income Elasticity Under Income Variability

Paul Makdissi () and Quentin Wodon

Cahiers de recherche from Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke

Abstract: The Gini income elasticity has been used to assess the impact of marginal proportional changes in income from a given source on inequality in total income. This note extends the methodology to take into account income variability.

Keywords: Inequality; Gini Decomposition; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2003, Revised 2004
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Journal Article: GINI DECOMPOSITION AND GINI INCOME ELASTICITY UNDER INCOME VARIABILITY (2012)
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