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A Formula for the Gini Coefficient and its Decomposition
Author(s) -
Tziafetas G. N.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710310811
Subject(s) - gini coefficient , mathematics , decomposition , statistics , distribution (mathematics) , population , computation , measure (data warehouse) , inequality , mathematical analysis , demography , computer science , chemistry , economic inequality , algorithm , organic chemistry , database , sociology
This paper is concerned with the Gini coefficient as a concentration measure of the distribution. The proposed formula for the computation of the Gini coefficient allows its decomposition according to different sub‐groups of the initial population, either exactly or approximately.