How has the Literature on Gini's Index Evolved in the Past 80 Years?

By Kuan Xu. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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• Variance estimation of the Gini index: revisiting a result several times published (2013, background): “·/ is the inverse function of F.·/ and μ= ∫ ∞ 0 yf.y/dy: The Gini index can be defined in several ways (see, for example, Xu (2004)): G=2 ∫ 1 0 {α−L.α/}dα=1−2 ∫ 1 0 L.α/dα= 2 μ ∫ ∞ 0 yF.y/f.y/dy −1: .1/ If yi, i=1, : : : , n, is a sequence of positive random variables with the same probability…”