The origins of the Gini index: Extracts from Variabilità e Mutabilità (1912) by Corrado Gini

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-443

  Ceriani, Lidia ^a   Verme, Paolo ^b,c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corrado Gini; Gini index; Income distribution; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865426634     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-011-9188-x     Document Type: Article

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