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How Has the Literature on Gini's Index Evolved in the Past 80 Years? [PDF]

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The Gini coefficient or index is perhaps one of the most used indicators of social and economic conditions. From its first proposal in English in 1921 to the present, a large number of papers on the Gini index has been written and published.
Kuan Xu
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Assessing Economic Inequality Through the Lorenz Curve in Central and Eastern European Countries [PDF]

open access: yesOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
This study analyses economic inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) using tools such as the Lorenz Curve and the Gini coefficient. Originating in 1905, the Lorenz Curve, conceptualized by Max O.
Maria Simona Ene
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Open-end investment funds in Croatia [PDF]

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This work discusses investment funds in Croatia, with a particular emphasis on openend investment funds. After a short review of the development of the funds, the perception of the funds is analysed, as are the trends in total assets and in average ...
Bojan Moric Milovanovic, Fran Galetic
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Economic Inequality and Health: Looking Beyond Aggregate Indicators [PDF]

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This paper examines the relationship between relative income inequality and health in Finland, using individual microdata over the period 1993-2005. Our data allows us to analyse a large spectrum of health indicators.
Böckerman, Petri   +3 more
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Socioeconomic Factors and Mortality in Selected Countries Using the Generalized Method of Moment (GMM)

open access: yesمجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2014
Background & Objectives : In recent years, the World Health Organization has paid more attention to the relationship between health and social conditions as determining the factors affecting people's health in the society.
A Souresrafil, M Hadian, H Ghaderi
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Generalizing the S-Gini Family: Some Properties [PDF]

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In the literature there are a number of generalizations of the Gini coefficient which inherit most of its appealing properties. These families allow the incorporation of different value judgments and all of them are more sensitive to transfers among the ...
Ana Marta Urrutia Careaga   +2 more
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Estimation of Tree Size Diversity Using Object Oriented Texture Analysis and Aster Imagery

open access: yesSensors, 2008
This study investigates the potential of object-based texture parameters extracted from 15m spatial resolution ASTER imagery for estimating tree size diversity in a Mediterranean forested landscape in Turkey.
Ozdemir Senturk   +4 more
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Trends in Inequality, Welfare, and Growth in Pakistan, 1963-64 to 2004-05 [PDF]

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The present study investigates the trends in inequality, welfare, and growth based on per capita household income/consumption in Pakistan, both its rural and urban areas, from 1963-64 to 2004-05.
Muhammad Idrees, Nadia Zakir
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