A simple way to calculate the Gini coefficient, and some implications

Economics Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-49

  Milanovic, Branko ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Pen's parade; Personal income distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031587251     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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