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QUADRATIC PEN'S PARADE AND THE COMPUTATION OF THE GINI INDEX
Author(s) -
MUSSARD STÉPHANE,
KAMDEM J. SADEFO,
SEYTE FRANÇOISE,
TERRAZA MICHEL
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
review of income and wealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1475-4991
pISSN - 0034-6586
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2011.00441.x
Subject(s) - parade , quadratic equation , index (typography) , computation , mathematics , statistics , art , computer science , algorithm , geometry , art history , world wide web
Following Milanovic's (1997) paper, we propose a simple way to compute the Gini index when income y is a quadratic function of its rank among n individuals.