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Transformation of Gini coefficient.
, 2021 Transformation of Gini coefficient.
Zhenjie Liao (11707929) +1 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
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Investigating the Distribution of Health Resources in Iran by Using Gini Coefficient (2011-2020) [PDF]
فصلنامه رفاه اجتماعی, 2023 Introduction: One of the most important goals of health systems and policy makers in this field is equality in access to health services. Inequality in the distribution of health resources leads to different health levels between different regions of the
Akbar Khodabakhshi, Zahra Asemaneh
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Mathematics, 2021 The Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient are widely used to describe inequalities in many fields, but accurate estimation of the Gini coefficient is still difficult for grouped data with fewer groups.
Songpu Shang, Songhao Shang
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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A method for estimating width bands of variables in economics under uncertainty conditions
MethodsX, 2021 This study develops a method to estimate the width bands of variables in economics by fuzzy logic. One of its important features is flexibility in the conditions of economic uncertainty, which can be used to model the uncertainty of external and internal
Reza Ashraf Ganjoei +3 more
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Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
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Economic analysis of potato and tomato trade in Romania: The Gini coefficient [PDF]
Western Balkan Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2023 Potatoes and tomatoes are the key vegetables of Romanian agriculture, due to their consumption and the large growing areas. The paper analyses import and export of potatoes and tomatoes, and import and export prices for these vegetables, while based on ...
Zapucioiu Luiza Florentina +2 more
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Exclusive Bus Lane Allocation Considering Multimodal Traffic Equity Based on Bi-Level Programming
Applied Sciences, 2023 To ensure the equity of exclusive bus lane (EBL) allocation under multimodal traffic conditions, a bi-level programming model is first constructed. The upper-level model is the minimum total system cost considering the Gini coefficient and the lower ...
Xiaojuan Lu +3 more
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Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging‐based identification of reliable small molecule markers across heterogeneous glioblastoma cohorts is challenging with intensity‐only methods. We present spatially informed feature selection (SIFS), a spatially informed framework that prioritizes molecules consistently colocalizing with histopathology.
Shad A. Mohammed +15 more
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