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The Gini Coefficient and Personal Inequality Measurement [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
The Gini coefficient is the most popular inequality index. It is based on the sum of pairwise absolute income differences, which can be viewed as taking a separate sum for each individual of the differences between his/her income and others', and then adding up those separate sums.
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice, Katharina Zimmermann   +1 more
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The Impact of Resource Endowment and Digital Transformation on the Efficiency of Energy Transition

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Resource endowment has a significant positive direct effect and a stronger spatial spillover effect on ETE, while digital transformation can improve local efficiency but has some negative spillover effects on neighboring regions. ABSTRACT In contemporary society, improving energy transition efficiency (ETE) has become a necessary measure to ensure the ...
Junding Yang, Yanfeng Guan, Rong Wang, Tong Zhao, Guilan Huang, Ming Ding   +5 more
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Machine Learning‐Driven Classification and Production Capacity Prediction of Tight Sandstone Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Taiyuan Formation, Ordos Basin

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
On the basis of core and log data, a Bayesian‐Optimized Random Forest model achieved 92.76% accuracy in classifying tight sandstone reservoirs. A gray relational analysis‐derived evaluation index shows > 80% consistency with actual gas zones. ABSTRACT Tight sandstone gas (TSG), an unconventional oil–gas resource, has heterogeneous reservoirs ...
Yin Yuan, Haijiao Fu, Detian Yan, Gang Wang, Shuguang Yang, Mengmeng Liu, Qingling Jiang, Xiaoming Wang, Wei Wang   +8 more
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An Empirical Test of the Impact of Insurance on Income Inequality in Iran

برنامه‌ریزی و بودجه, 2019
Emphasis on eliminating deprivation and poverty on the one hand and expanding insurance services on the other, confirms the fact that the concept of insurance has a key role for economic planners and policymakers in achieving the goal of reducing income ...
Amir Mansour Tehranchian, Shahryar Zaroki, Nava Imani   +2 more
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Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth and Income Inequality: A Case of Indian Economy [PDF]

Romanian Economic Journal, 2017
Through this study, we try to evaluate the effects that the direct and indirect taxation and the subsidies provided by the Government have on income inequality. We use Gini coefficient as a measure of inequality and use annual data for Indian economy for
Deven Bansod, Geetilaxmi Mohapatra, A. K. Giri   +2 more
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Machine Learning Approaches to Forecast the Realized Volatility of Crude Oil Prices

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an evaluation of the accuracy of machine learning (ML) techniques in forecasting the realized volatility of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices. We compare several ML algorithms, including regularization, regression trees, random forests, and neural networks, to several heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models ...
Talha Omer, Kristofer Månsson, Pär Sjölander, Gazi Salah Uddin   +3 more
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Using DSGE and Machine Learning to Forecast Public Debt for France

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forecasting public debt is essential for effective policymaking and economic stability, yet traditional approaches face challenges due to data scarcity. While machine learning (ML) has demonstrated success in financial forecasting, its application to macroeconomic forecasting remains underexplored, hindered by short historical time series and ...
Emmanouil Sofianos, Thierry Betti, Theophilos Papadimitriou, Amélie Barbier‐Gauchard, Periklis Gogas   +4 more
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How Signals of Silence Sustain Sexual Harassment and What to Do About It

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sexual harassment has persisted for decades as an open secret within organizations, creating an ongoing challenge for Human Resource practitioners. Many employees experience or witness harassment yet say nothing. When they contemplate complaining, they are discouraged from doing so. Some still muster the courage to speak out about these abuses,
Angela L. Workman‐Stark, Zhanna Lyubykh, Ivana Vranjes, Lilia M. Cortina, M. Sandy Hershcovis, Jennifer L. Berdahl, Carla Chrusch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gini coefficient as a life table function

Demographic Research, 2003
This paper presents a toolkit for measuring and analyzing inter-individual inequality in length of life by Gini coefficient. Gini coefficient and four other inequality measures are defined on the length-of-life distribution.
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