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On the joint distribution of variations of the Gini index and Welfare indices [PDF]

open access: green, 2016
Gane Samb Lô   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Gini index: A proposal for revision

open access: yesRevista Electrónica de Comunicaciones y Trabajos de ASEPUMA, 2020
The Gini index is widely used in statistics for the study of equity in the distribution of a variable. However, its definition has several formulations and its use sometimes has hidden problems that can lead to incorrect conclusions. That is the reason why it is necessary to make some remarks this regard and even formulate some proposals to clarify ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Human Opportunity Index and Income Inequality in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study calculates the Human Opportunity Index (HOI) proposed by de Barros et al. (2009) and a Gini Index of household income using nationally representative data from Brazil for the years 2001 to 2008.
Van Matre, Joseph
core   +1 more source

How Signals of Silence Sustain Sexual Harassment and What to Do About It

open access: yesHuman 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   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

f-Gintropy: An Entropic Distance Ranking Based on the Gini Index. [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy (Basel), 2022
Biró TS, Telcs A, Józsa M, Néda Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Can Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality? [PDF]

open access: yes
Do income taxes levied at a state or regional level affect the after-tax distribution of income? Or do workers merely move between regions, causing pre-tax wages to adjust?
Andrew Leigh
core  

Inequality in Societies, Academic Institutions and Science Journals: Gini and k-indices

open access: yes, 2014
Social inequality is traditionally measured by the Gini-index ($g$). The $g$-index takes values from $0$ to $1$ where $g=0$ represents complete equality and $g=1$ represents complete inequality. Most of the estimates of the income or wealth data indicate
Chakrabarti, Bikas K.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the Socio-Economic Bipolarization Phenomenon [PDF]

open access: yes
The present paper emphasizes the differences between the Gini concentration coefficient [13] and a new bipolarization index proposed by [20], [21]. In practice, the Gini index is applied frequently to determine the poverty degree of the persons of a ...
Stefananescu, Stefan
core   +1 more source

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