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GINI DECOMPOSITION AND GINI INCOME ELASTICITY UNDER INCOME VARIABILITY
Author(s) -
Makdissi Paul,
Wodon Quentin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bulletin of economic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8586
pISSN - 0307-3378
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2010.00367.x
Subject(s) - economics , economic inequality , income elasticity of demand , income distribution , gini coefficient , income inequality metrics , econometrics , inequality , net national income , elasticity (physics) , gross income , public economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , materials science , tax reform , composite material , state income tax
The Gini income elasticity has been used to assess the impact of marginal proportional changes in income from a given source on inequality in total income. This note extends the methodology to take into account income variability.