A multidimensional Gini index

Mathematical Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Banerjee, Asis Kumar ^a,b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Institute of Development Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Gini index; Multidimensional inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955275033     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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