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Measuring and explaining economic inequality: An extension of the Gini coefficient. [PDF]

This paper proposes a new class of inequality indices based on the Gini’s coefficient. The properties of the indices are studied and in particular they are found to be regular, relative and satisfy the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle.
Chameni Nembua, Célestin
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A Novel Fault Diagnosis Method Using FCEEMD-Based Multi-Complexity Low-Dimensional Features and Directed Acyclic Graph LSTSVM

Entropy
Rolling bearings, as critical components of rotating machinery, significantly influence equipment reliability and operational efficiency. Accurate fault diagnosis is therefore crucial for maintaining industrial production safety and continuity.
Rongrong Lu, Miao Xu, Chengjiang Zhou, Zhaodong Zhang, Kairong Tan, Yuhuan Sun, Yuran Wang, Min Mao   +7 more
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Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In sub-Saharan Africa, socioeconomic factors such as place of residence, mother’s educational level, or household wealth, are strongly associated with risk factors of under-five mortality (U5M) such as health behavior or exposure to diseases ...
Carine Van Malderen, Agbessi Amouzou, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Bruno Masquelier, Herman Van Oyen, Niko Speybroeck   +5 more
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Effects of bleach on carcass postmortem microbiomes and necrophagous beetle carcass attendance and their internal microbiomes

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic entomology, and potentially microbiology in the future, can be used during death investigations to corroborate an estimated time since death. Instances where products are introduced to a cadaver, either in attempt to conceal or by accident, can affect decomposition and succession of associated decomposer taxa (i.e., insects and ...
Kelly A. Waters, Makayla Guenther, Katherine H. Yoskowitz, Audrey Malone, Anthony Grigsby, Bethany G. Mikles, Jennifer L. Pechal, M. Eric Benbow   +7 more
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Few and Unfair: Measurement and Decomposition of Regional Disparities in Pension Benefits among Urban and Rural Residents in China

SAGE Open
China’s aging population poses a significant challenge, drawing attention to regional disparities in pension benefits for urban and rural residents.
Songbiao Zhang, Xining Wang, Huilin Wang
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Income inequality among general practitioners in Iran: a decomposition approach

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background General practitioners (GPs) are among the most important resources of healthcare system and public health is considerably influenced by the function of this group. Income inequality among GPs considerably affects the motivation and performance
Mohsen Bayati, Arash Rashidian, Yaser Sarikhani, Saeed Lohivash   +3 more
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A qualitative assessment of quantitative easing sentiment

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract This mixed‐method study undertakes a comprehensive inquiry of the public discourse on social media surrounding quantitative easing (QE) across the US, the UK, and the European Union. Utilizing a unique tweet dataset, we reveal the sentiment polarity toward QE policy to be strongly negative, at 71.27%, with positive sentiment a mere 4.25 ...
Niamh Wylie, Martha O’Hagan‐Luff
wiley   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A note on the decomposition of the coefficient of variation squared: comparing entropy and Dagum's methods [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to propose a new decomposition of the coefficient of variation squared. The approach is similar to the Dagum's method when decomposing the Gini index.
Celestin Chameni Nembua
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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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