The properties of the extended Gini measures of variability and inequality

Metron

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-433

  Yitzhaki, Shlomo ^a,b   Schechtman, Edna ^c  

^a International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Extended Gini; Lorenz curve; Relative deprivation; Stochastic Dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949129488     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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